BA asked (without the support of Face, Murdock and Hannibal)
Rev? Are you, by perchance, a Linux user?
Only when the painful necessity arises. At some point I will upgrade to Linux Guru;but I have other more pertinent skills that I am sharpening. Maybe on my next PC.
I am not sure what the thrust of the question was; but I will take a stab at it.
Open source software as Art as it pertains to the Mass Effect Mass Butthurt.
If you are a contributor to an open source software project; you are an artist in regards to that project. Not unlike some of the Renaissance Master's schools - where a painting might be signed Titian, but Titian just oversaw the process, did some sketches, and perhaps painted the odd ankle of broad buttock (it is after all Titian; the joy of base-minded art students and the bane of prudish art teachers.) You are still and artist and you still have stake - and more importantly a say in the product; you are part of the creative process.
That doesn't really apply to Mass Effect. You are a consumer (unless you worked on the product). Every choice you make was designed by the artists responsible for creating the experience. There is no mechanism for busting out of the shell and ad-libbing new lines, or having Sheppard drop space skivvies, smear Space Hamster marmite over the now exposed galactic genitalia and invite the all tentacle Martian rugby team over for a nosh. You are not part of the creative process - you are making choices within the system that someone else's creating process built.
You may have a lot invested in your personal space avatar, but it is in the actions allowed to you by the game. A creative process you were not part of.
Rev? Are you, by perchance, a Linux user?
Only when the painful necessity arises. At some point I will upgrade to Linux Guru;but I have other more pertinent skills that I am sharpening. Maybe on my next PC.
I am not sure what the thrust of the question was; but I will take a stab at it.
Open source software as Art as it pertains to the Mass Effect Mass Butthurt.
If you are a contributor to an open source software project; you are an artist in regards to that project. Not unlike some of the Renaissance Master's schools - where a painting might be signed Titian, but Titian just oversaw the process, did some sketches, and perhaps painted the odd ankle of broad buttock (it is after all Titian; the joy of base-minded art students and the bane of prudish art teachers.) You are still and artist and you still have stake - and more importantly a say in the product; you are part of the creative process.
That doesn't really apply to Mass Effect. You are a consumer (unless you worked on the product). Every choice you make was designed by the artists responsible for creating the experience. There is no mechanism for busting out of the shell and ad-libbing new lines, or having Sheppard drop space skivvies, smear Space Hamster marmite over the now exposed galactic genitalia and invite the all tentacle Martian rugby team over for a nosh. You are not part of the creative process - you are making choices within the system that someone else's creating process built.
You may have a lot invested in your personal space avatar, but it is in the actions allowed to you by the game. A creative process you were not part of.