/lit/ - Literature

>>1098413
Nabokov had talent as a writer, but his opinions on literature as a whole leave a lot to be desired. One of the reasons he didn't take too kindly to Dostoevsky was because the two of them used novels for entirely different purposes. Dostoevsky used them to explore philosophical and humanistic ideas, whereas Nabokov enjoyed the aesthetic aspects of it. To claim that Dostoevsky "was a good writer of mystery/detective fiction" seems to miss the point of what he was trying to say.

>>1098405
I can see this happening, honestly. There are definitely people who complain about the dated vocabulary in "required reading" or other facets that display the age of a work. Yet there are those who enjoy them despite, or even in spite, of these signs of age. Videogames are subjected to the same challenges, albeit in a different way. FF6 is certainly 'dated' by contemporary gaming standards, both in the graphics department and the gameplay department. So what significance does such a game hold? Certainly not the innovative element of it; it's Final Fantasy *VI*, not I.

The same idea applies to Silent Hill 2, a game that IMO makes a strong argument in favor of games having some sort of artistic appeal. Lots of people have praised this game, but rarely because "it has good gameplay mechanics" or even "it's just fun to play". The story, characters, and themes explored are frequently brought up and with obvious reason.