Session Name: | Video Games as a Medium for Entertainment & Artistic Expression |
Speaker(s): | Jenova Chen |
Company Name(s): | thatgamecompany |
Track / Format: | Other |
Overview: | Video game is one of the most commercially successful form of entertainment among the emerging new media aka interactive media. While any media is potentially artistic. For a long period of time video games are treated more like a software or technology industry. Majority of video games have been treated as a product for profit. In this talk you will learn to see and analyze video games from the perspective of a maturing entertainment medium and an art form that is capable of delivering substantial experiences, feelings and messages. And hopefully this unique perspective could inspire you in creating more unique games in the future. |