Wed, Oct 06, 2010 | 16:48 BST
Guillermo del Toro: Games are art, more info on THQ game coming in two weeks
Ebert, here’s a fork and knife. Napkins are in the kitchen. Take as many as you’d like.
Now then, eat your words.
“Videogames are the comic books of our time. It’s a medium that gains no respect among the intellegensia. They say ‘oh, videogames.’ And most people that complain about videogames have never fucking played them,” filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said during a book reading in Portland, Oregon.
“They are an art form and anyone saying differently is a little out of touch because they are a narrative art form.”
He listed Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Marathon, and Halo as particular favorites – going so far as to call Fumito Ueda’s legendary pair masterpieces.
The Hell Boy and Pan’s Labyrinth director also noted that he sees the official announcement of his partnership with THQ coming in about two weeks. The pairing, of course, is common knowledge, but THQ has yet to change its Facebook status to “in a relationship,” so to speak.
To which we reply: hurry up, THQ! Give this man whatever he wants. He says good things and we like him. Also, if his game’s half as creepy as The Orphanage, we won’t sleep for months. In a good way.
Thanks, Shacknews.
8 comments
#1
Blerk
06/10/10, 8:59 am
I still have no idea who this ‘Ebert’ guy is. Is he related to Q*Bert?
Guillermo del Toro is awesome, though – I really hope whatever it is he’s doing isn’t just some cheap cash-in. Something del Toro flavoured along the lines of Ico and SotC? Fucking yum!
#2
BraveArse
06/10/10, 9:02 am
My god The Orphanage was scary. He does seem to like putting his young protagonists in grave danger doesn’t he?
#3
Psychotext
06/10/10, 10:53 am
Why do so many people care about this “Games are / aren’t art” topic? It’s just a label, and a rather irrelevant one at that.
Or is it just another example of gaming desperately seeking acceptance as a respectable form of media?
#4
RETARDED VIKING
06/10/10, 11:49 am
I love Guillermo del toro his movies are great especially Pan’s Labyrinth.
Really looking forward for the announcement.
#5
freedoms_stain
06/10/10, 1:01 pm
I think we can definitely look forward to som interesting environments and character design in anything GdT is involved in.
I just hope the team he works with can do his vision justice.
#6
DaMan
06/10/10, 1:54 pm
nice PR, it will surely help sell their games to all the lemmings out there.
#7
xino
06/10/10, 2:57 pm
all these sad mother farkers still banging on about games being art.
#8
osric90
06/10/10, 5:32 pm
Videogames are art and we don’t care about acceptation and shit, it’s just common sense and anyone who thinks they are not is either stupid or ignorant about videogames.