Re: The IF Gates are Closed. Let the voting Begin!!


18 Sep 1995 10:40:34 GMT

In article <43d58a$ck0@cnn.princeton.edu>,
Adam J. Thornton <adam@tucson.princeton.edu> wrote:
>In article <baf.811207562@laraby.tiac.net>,
>Carl Muckenhoupt <baf@laraby.tiac.net> wrote:
>>(BTW: Why is it that games have "reviewers" when art, music, literature,
>>and even film and television have "critics"? Is it because of the
>>generally positive tone of game reviews? If so, I want it to go on
>>record that I am a game critic.)
>
>IIRC, Spider Robinson once said, "A critic tells you whether or not it's
>art. A reviewer tells you whether or not he liked the damn thing. I'm a
>reviewer."

Yes, there's definitely a differenc in the level of ambition, or perhaps
I should asy in the level of pretentiousness :-).

A reviewr is simply on who reviews. IMHO, a critic tries to tell you more
than whether he/she liked the work in question or not - perhaps he/she
tries to relate it to his/her own aesthetical standards, or to
contemporary theories of art, or tries to generalize his/hger findings, or
whatever.

I sort of fancy myself as a critic of IF and not just a reviewer. I
suppose I meet the criteria both of trying to add depth to my reviews
and of pretentiousness :-).

BTW, pardon my ignorance, but who's Spider Robinson?

Magnus
-- "Pretentious? Moi?"