A Theory of Virtual Worlds
It’s all very well for me to make these pompous assertions that serve to glorify my own position. Unfortunately for me, it takes
more than slapping a pretentious label on something to make it Art 1. Art may be expression, but it’s worthless unless it can be recognized as such. People don’t have to know what a piece of art “means,” but they do need to know how its meaning is conveyed. This requires the development of a critical aesthetic 2.