thread: 2012-03-27 : Indie POV pt 3: A Small Pep Talk
On 2012-04-13, Ben Lehman wrote:
No point in critiquing a game by someone who just wants to make one game ever and feel good about it.
Uh, what? This presumes that the critic is operating for the benefit of, and strictly for the benefit of, the author.
Good criticism is an art in itself. It educates the reader and the critic onto the nature of the form itself. It provides insight into the critic's experience and, through that, the human experience. Good critique is not only necessary, it is sublime. It uplifts the form.
yrs—
—Ben
