Video games are a technological evolution of a long line of board and card games. Many games, at their core, are about competition, and this is why, unlike the artistic games I mentioned last week, a majority of video games are also competitive.
Category Archives: Arts Columns
_Artscapes: Visiting vintage celebrities at Westwood Memorial Park_
I don’t usually walk through cemeteries at dusk. However, cemeteries aren’t typically tucked between high rises.
_B-sides: Breaking from the band_
In the music world, there are two phrases which can at the same time inspire excitement and trepidation in all but the most diehard of a band’s fans: “side project” and “going solo.”
_Coachella’s 2012 lineup is nothing to rave about_
Last Friday, all the tickets for the Coachella Music Festival sold out within the day they were released, with both weekends selling out in less than three hours.
Joy Sticks: _Video games should be acknowledged as art forms_
Video games, by their very nature, require the player to put a certain amount of personal involvement into the work. Obviously, this can have a huge emotional impact on a player, but does that qualify games as art?
_Remote Life: Celebrity cameos can be challenging_
Sometimes I think I must be ridiculous to get so excited about television. Then last week I read that Paul Rudd (“I Love You, Man”) will guest star on “Parks and Recreation” as Leslie Knope’s political opponent, and I start jabbing the arm of the person sitting next to me in blind excitement.
Album Review: It’s The Arps
Under “band interests” on his Facebook page, electronic musician Todd Terje lists “Coconuts, Hawaiian sunsets, moose/dolphin/unicorn/practically everything in a sunset.”