Video Games Are Art: Journey and ABZÛ
7Greg, Beppe and Intern Nick examine the 2012 masterpiece, Journey, and its spiritual successor, ABZÛ. They discuss ThatGameCompany and Giant Squid, and how their contributions to games helped prove to the general public that video games are works of art.
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The Story Hidden in Journey's Soundtrack by Game Score Fanfare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeKnkaB0MBE&ab_channel=GameScoreFanfare
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:17 Introduction to Video Games as Art
1:00 Journey - Background and History
5:00 Premise, Setting an Art Style
8:00 Co-Op
10:00 What Does the Scarf Represent?
13:00 The "Bone Dragons"
16:15 Snow Mountain
20:40 Apotheosis
24:00 Final Thoughts on Journey
31:00 "Diving" into ABZÛ
35:20 FISH!
39:20 Into the Depths
45:00 Endgame
48:35 Final Thoughts & Grades
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