alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoInspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festivalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1490
arrow-up1490external-linkInspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festivalwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squaresoyslurper2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days ago videogames are part of our culture I don’t get what that means. Was there a threshold of french video games that needed to be met before it could be considered “part of our culture”?
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoI think he means that the other way around, he’s trying to remind everyone that France does have video game companies (Ubisoft for one), not that this is a new thing.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoYes actually, most people working in and around the French ministry of culture are extremely snobbish about any art form more recent than film.
minus-squarePromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI think he wanted to legitimise video games as on par with traditional media like movies and books. As in “are video games art?”
I don’t get what that means. Was there a threshold of french video games that needed to be met before it could be considered “part of our culture”?
I think he means that the other way around, he’s trying to remind everyone that France does have video game companies (Ubisoft for one), not that this is a new thing.
Yes actually, most people working in and around the French ministry of culture are extremely snobbish about any art form more recent than film.
I think he wanted to legitimise video games as on par with traditional media like movies and books. As in “are video games art?”