
A Short Birthday PoemTwice 10 years the Earth has orbited its starA Short Birthday Poem by Snowy-shadow
and in that time I've spent alive I've grown wiser by the day.
Another year will go by and it will be all the same.
So I bid myself a happy birthday
and wonder what will become of me thus far.

Are Video Games Art?-An opinionated piece part 1Often times on Youtube or journalistic sites such as Kotaku, people profess the idea that video games are a form of art much like cinema or theater. There have also been arguments against that notion. One famous example is the late Roger Ebert's piece going over arguments from proponents and attempting to debunk them.Are Video Games Art?-An opinionated piece part 1 by Snowy-shadow
With a few notable exceptions (including Ebert), the argument seems to be mainly in the circle of gamers but not so much in the circle of artists. While it does make sense that fans of a medium would be the ones to discuss a medium, I feel as if the lack of understanding of the history of art or different forms of art by these people might prevent any outside information that could sway the argument one way or another.
Now to clarify, I'm not a gamer. I've played a few games in my childhood and a few games today but it's not an activity I've ever found myself getting into. I'm more of an artist in this case and that's the side I want to write from: where gamer

They Told UsThey Told Us:They Told Us by WordOfChen
They told us we weren't artists,
They said that we're just puttin' words on paper...
They told us we wouldn't make it,
Because language isn't unique...
Ta hell with them all I say,
Because I know tha truth they seek ta hide.
Writers, poets,
We're treated like third-rate artists.
Our hands can't create magical pictures,
We can't create comics ta make people laugh,
Or emotive portraits ta make em cry...
But what they don't see is tha title,
What they don't see is tha description,
They don't even see tha comments or replies!
They look only at themselves,
And at tha talent they seem ta proclaim.
It's like starin' at an old english aristocrat,
Ignorin' us simply because we're farmers.
But what they don't see are the words.
Words used ta give a picture context.
Withou' a title, a picture is just a mix of colours and lines.
Who could understand an image, withou' a title?
If art alone suffices, why not let every piece be nameless?
I'll tell ya the truth, separated from the