A new sort of literature needs a new sort of critique, does it not? Like many eighties kids who didn’t excel at sports I’ve been playing videogames for as long as I can remember. Many in the literary world may regard this burgeoning media as another symptom of an ailing culture. However, I’d like to put forward that back in the 11th century this crazy slang called Middle English was just starting to make a splash in the British Iles. All I am suggesting is the benifits to keeping an open mind and that art springs from humble beginnings.
Like them or not, there is no way to put video games back in Pandora’s Box. I feel that this new clay ought to be something the literary world is engaged in, rather than apart from. It is in this spirit that a friend of mine, Daniel Bullard-Bates, started a new forum to weigh the cultural and artistic merits of video games. Along with another friend and constant gamer, Joshua Raisher, we will be tossing our two cents at what interactive media has to offer the world of fiction.
I will be the first to admit that video games have a long way to go before the median produces a true Mona Lisa or Enchantress of Florence, but given time and the engagement of discerning fans I think we will all be pleasantly surprised.
Come see what we’ve had a look at so far at Press Pause to Reflect.
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