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Inspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festival (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] soyslurper2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

videogames are part of our culture

I don't get what that means. Was there a threshold of french video games that needed to be met before it could be considered "part of our culture"?

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[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I think he means that the other way around, he's trying to remind everyone that France does have video game companies (Ubisoft for one), not that this is a new thing.

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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes actually, most people working in and around the French ministry of culture are extremely snobbish about any art form more recent than film.

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[–] PromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think he wanted to legitimise video games as on par with traditional media like movies and books. As in "are video games art?"

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