"COPY & PASTE & PLAY: AMATEUR GAMES AS APPROPRIATION ART"

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suzy_cheesedreams
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10/14/2017 04:11 PM
Copy & Paste & Play: Amateur Games as Appropriation Art

I just came across this article posted last year. It looks at the early RPG Maker scene - chiefly, the illegal use of commercial JRPG resources for freeware games by passionate fans, contextualizing that technique as "appropriation art" (from a fairly obvious non-RM perspective).

It briefly references RMN and a few of the games here & elsewhere (like Blackmoon Prophecy).



Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15170
10/14/2017 05:18 PM
Decent read. It makes the whole deal sound a bit more romantic than it actually was!
TheNecromancer
3160
10/14/2017 05:23 PM
Neat.

author=Craze
Decent read. It makes the whole deal sound a bit more romantic than it actually was!
Probably because it ignored the toxic atmosphere of comments/feedback/community, and focused only on the projects.
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
10/14/2017 05:31 PM
That was a more even-handed approach to the scene than the contempt and mockery I'm used to seeing. Hell, the author seemed like he was on board with the idea of using ripped assets for games. The collage comparison was interesting, and one I hadn't made before now.

That being said, with the amount of freely available resources people have nowadays, I kinda think the title of "Appropriation Art" should remain in the past.
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