[EN] How Catherine made me think about human relationships.
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My closest friends may know that, I just had quite difficult last weeks. Yeah, I know, I complain a lot on this blog, trying to look as the little sad boy everyone hates… But, it’s true. It was a difficult period. I’m not here to explain, or tell the full story of it… Just know that it was a long time story, with an emotional weakening, a sentimental disappointment, shortened holidays, a last minute plane back to Paris, and the human collapsing that goes with it. A hope build during several months, on difficult basis, but with a real wish on my side. A hope that evaporated instantly, in a second. Just know that: 1- I don’t want to listen “Boys Don’t Cry” from The Cure anymore. 2- It’s hard to learn to live alone again, especially when you already were alone thinking you were accompanied.
[EN] When Doki Doki Literature Club made me cringe a lot…
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Visual Novels are a very codified genre, often with a limited gameplay. In their definition, this is mainly about telling a story, in which the player may only impact thanks to few choices.
Some games managed to open the Visual Story genre, such as Danganronpa proposing exploration, trials, but always based on a trippy scenario. There is also the Zero Escape series ! Mixing Visual Novels, Escape Rooms, and Branching Stories… Some other games try a new screenplay approaches. In between Fan-Service and Creepypasta. I am personally not convinced, but I heard some people love it…
[FR] Quand Doki Doki Literature Club m’a mis excessivement mal à l’aise.
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Les Visual Novel sont à la base un style de jeux assez codifié, et au gameplay limité. Dans leur définition, il s’agit uniquement de raconter une histoire, dans laquelle le joueur peut simplement faire certains choix, mais surtout suivre l’histoire.
Certains jeux ont réussi à ouvrir le médium du Visual Novel, comme Danganronpa qui propose de l’exploration, des procès, en gardant un scénario écrit vraiment prenant. Sinon, il y a aussi les Zero Escape ! Un mix entre Visual Novel, Escape Rooms et Histoires à Embranchements de ouf. En parallèle, d’autres jeux tentent une approche scénaristique différente. Des expériences entre le Fan-Service et la Creepypasta. Pas convaincu, mais il parait que ça marche…
[EN] How Brothers made me rethink the concept of video game as art.
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Are Video Games art ? To be honest, I really don’t care. No one never really agreed on the definition of Art. Irving Penn, photographer, took pictures of cigarette butts. Marcel Duchamp even signed an urinal. I personnally like both of these works, because they prove that absolutely anything can be considered as a work of art as long as they have a public giving them a sense and an interest. I like Video Games, so I consider some of these as pieces of art.
But some games are unanimously considered as chefs d’œuvre by critics, generally because of their poetical interest. This point of view seems completely broken to me. Brothers helped to precise my own opinion on this.
[FR] Comment Brothers m’a fait revoir la notion d’art dans le jeu vidéo.
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Le jeu vidéo est-il un art ? A vrai dire, je m’en fous un peu. Personne n’a jamais été d’accord ne serait-ce que sur la définition de l’art. Irving Penn, photographe, a érigé des mégots au rang d’art. Marcel Duchamp a signé un urinoir. J’aime ces œuvres, mais justement, ça prouve bien une chose. Que tout et n’importe quoi peut être art, tant qu’il trouve un public, lui donnant une signification, un intérêt. J’aime les jeux vidéo. Certains sont des œuvres d’art, pour moi.
Mais certains jeux sont unanimement traités comme des chefs d’œuvre pour la critique, généralement de par leur intérêt poétique. Cette conception me parait complétement biaisée… Brothers m’a mis sur la voie pour mieux comprendre ma réflexion.
[EN] When GoGoGolf made me understand that a bad game is not made by bad people.
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When you’re a child, you’re always looking on what you’ll do when you grow up. And when you like Video games more than Kinder Surprises, you may want to make it your work. It was my case. So you investigate on this. You watch TV, old documentaries about it. And you start believing in it.
Then reality hits you right in the face. You’re not able to do this. You could have, but you should have stopped procrastinating and learned how to code. What other job then ? Video Game Journalist ? Haha, let me laugh ! Ow… Are you starting to write note when playing now ?…
In the end, you have good intentions. As everyone else. Do want you want then. But do it well. Or it’ll hurt.
My Brain on Video Games 