"...the price of acquitting ourselves of the charge of infantilism is the disavowal of what is vital and compelling about the games themselves." Pliskin on applying Pauline Kael's criticisms of film criticism to games.

"...arguments of this exact form have been raised against nearly every distinctly modern art form." Barber's book sounds interesting, if flawed. Pliskin's criticism is, as ever, good. It's getting exhausting linking to him.