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<blockquote data-quote="BrassDragon" data-source="post: 8933994" data-attributes="member: 7791">If we want to learn from critical film theory, a more fruitful approach could be to not just hash out terms and frameworks in the public square but actually pick a critical model and start critiquing game publications / actual plays through that lens. The body of criticism that builds up will validate and give prominence to the critical model, as it did (and does) for cinema.I feel like lot of us well-meaning nerds are trying to put the cart before the horse, wasting energy building consensus about our critical lenses... but these things shouldn't be pointed at other enthusiasts but at the works themselves and only then should everybody have a chance to weigh in and, if needed, counter with alternative critical lenses that illuminate the work better.The proof of the pudding is in the eating, not in discussing the optimal way of writing up a pudding recipe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrassDragon, post: 8933994, member: 7791"] If we want to learn from critical film theory, a more fruitful approach could be to not just hash out terms and frameworks in the public square but actually pick a critical model and start critiquing game publications / actual plays through that lens. The body of criticism that builds up will validate and give prominence to the critical model, as it did (and does) for cinema. I feel like lot of us well-meaning nerds are trying to put the cart before the horse, wasting energy building consensus about our critical lenses... but these things shouldn't be pointed at other enthusiasts but at the works themselves and only then should everybody have a chance to weigh in and, if needed, counter with alternative critical lenses that illuminate the work better. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, not in discussing the optimal way of writing up a pudding recipe. [/QUOTE]

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