Submission + - Censored Video Game Content Stifles Artistry (techreport.com)
AnInkle writes: Whether modern video games represent art and persistent attempts to censor controversial content in games have been discussed at length here. Now a blogger at The Tech Report makes the case that censorship of violent and sexual images and themes in video games is precisely what inhibits video games from maturing artistically beyond a nascent form. In a thoughtful column, he cites a historical comparison between video game and film production, and geo-cultural comparisons of film production in the US vs. Europe and of video game development in the US vs. Japan. Are these comparisons apt and the assertions valid, or might the embrace of video games as a legitimate art form be limited for entirely other reasons too numerous or complex to explain in such a short column?
