[tomc1985]

I'm sorry but I do not consider experiences pursued to create art to have any intrinsic value for the final piece.

Cool, he has an instrumented emulator, but really, does playing a retro game for five seconds have ANY intrinsic value beyond worthless nostalgia?

In art all that matters is creation and output. A piece of art should not have to come with an explanation or hidden information in order to justify its worth. While it is important to fuel inspiration and artistic experiences, it's a fucking joke that I am expected to pay extra for the "experience" that lead to producing the work when it has no value to me, and especially when said experience isn't as unique as it is being made out to be.

Out in the real world people will judge art way more harshly than I. Real artists don't mind that.

Aesthetically they are nice posters and art-pieces. It's just that some of us are unmoved by the accompanying story.

[ricardobeat]

This idea of intrinsic artistic value has been already turned over and ripped apart, over 100 years ago - Marcel Duchamp, Dadaism et al. There are people for whom nostalgia is extremely valuable.

If it has no value to you, fine. You are free to critique, but calling someone else's work a 'fucking joke' is not exactly highbrow commentary. On the other hand, I'm sure as a real artist the author won't mind your comments at all.

[Retra]

You are not expected to pay anything at all.