alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 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-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down18
arrow-up1477arrow-down1external-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 · 9 days agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squaresoyslurper2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 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-up8·9 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-up4·8 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-up2·8 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?”