it's a little biased for me to say this as a concept artist and a beginner programmer but **Yes, I do think games are art**. as they are food for your mind. giving you experiences, emotions and showing you places and shaking you up. I can't recall the artist who defined art by saying "Art is a tool to make visible thinks that aren't". they were probably referring to political satire but i think it pretty much apply on everything i've seen myself and people around me doing when it comes to building games. we pour our poor little souls to simulate a safe environment where you can the experience feelings such as accomplishment, fear and joy. even the programmers make art by making their work so seamless you almost forgot you're inside a simulation. small things such as scrappy menu interface can ruin your authentic gaming experience, giving you additional stress to memorize where you find what you need, not to mention bad physics or camera controls, unless that's the whole point. (yes, Big Rigs and Skyrim i'm thinking about you again.) as some people prefer like really macro nature photography and some for example classic renaissance oil paintings, games as well serve for different purposes. i enjoy the the ones that take me to far away places, giving me the solitude and feeling of being completely alone, especially with very little clues of what you have to do. as many others play games to meet their friends and compete, or fight for their lives in a zombie apocalypse because some of us just need that adrenaline rush. so all of genres are needed, all of them are art as equally as they serve their purpose on delivering you the right emotion you need on you current life situation. it's not about graphics, not about technology- it's all just psychology. when you find the theme that speaks for you, you will likely enjoy it even if it looks like it's made a century ago.

hi everyone: my english is not very well,if someone wants discuss with japenese or chinese i`m also glad to see it. so here is my viewpoint： 1. A good video game should be educational,sometimes it can make us dive into another world and know something which we never attempt.it can improve our knowledge with someone's guide（gamemaker）.there is only one thing shuold paying special attention to,how we know the guide`s viewpoint or knowledge is right for real world. 2. sometimes,game will be a tool which can verify some scientific experiment with a little funny.it`ll be useful in many sterile experiments.maybe it can let some people make many legends by carelessly. with these two point,i think video game should be a education tool,to share someone gamemaker`s knowledge or transmit some emotion.sometimes it will make people happy,but it not the most important social significance for human society.

Hello everyone. While the agardians are wide inside their soul, gaming in Asgardia is likely to be also multilateral in all the aspects. You are right that computers delete the distance between people when the gamers are inside the game. People become more united and one inside the game. That is a good moment of gaming. Me think that games about space (kosmos) will be popular among the asgardians. Me personally is waiting for the finished "Star Citizen" game to come to light. Me think that computer games (when they are used as games, not as a substitution for the real life) are an acceptable way of intertainment for people. Of course, gamers must remember that motionless (static, sitting) way of life is not good for the body, so we must know the time (limit our time) being inside the game and make breaks to have a rest. Me see that modern gaming industry is much focused on destruction, but not the creation and peace. 3D shooters genre is now more popular than strategies of Settlers or Anno series which are about the construction of the worlds. Me hope that games of the future will become more peacefull and more about creation than the modern ones. While the asgardians are creating a new "world" inside this world, we have the ability or possibility to make the world better :-) Me think that when the industry will invent 3D virtual systems that allow you to move in real life and transmit your movements into the game, games will become very popular. For example, there is a research in a 2D-conveyor field, which may make computer games more active for our body and interesting for the mind. A person is standing on a 2D-conveyor and walks or runs on it, and the sensors are simulating his real movements into virtual ones inside the game. While the conveyor is "endless" as it is looped in two dimentions, it can simulate endless surfaces to walk on. Me would like to see such a device in games, as me do not like sitting motionless for long time. And of course, no game can replace a real life, a real conversation and real feelings. Games will remain games. // Me intentionally use "me" instead of "i", it is not a mistake. It reminds me of old tribes and ancient times.

The physical health ckeckup is a condition for immigration to any country so that it will be certainly a condition to go to Asgardia because of additional factors related to the outer space similar to the health checkup carried for the astronomers to choose the most proper ones for the space expeditions. However, I find no need for the mental health checkup as it should be enough that persons interested in Asgardia are educated, professional and skillful.

Dear Asgardians,sir, The subject philosophy is a study of whole universe.Humanity is a central idea of philosophy.Our founding father has given in his concept so Asgardia will be a core of philosophical ideas in future.thanks

PEACE IN SPACE! There is our core principle, THE principle. It attracted me. How about you? Diversity is good, but after all, we are here for some reasons, I bet our reasons don't differ much. We are not equal, and should not pretend to be. The point is, all must have equal rights. To achive this ideal, we have to respect differences.

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Thank you, it answers my question perfectly, and I am glad to know that we already have a working administrative system/team (even if it is only online at the moment) so early on. And thank you to all of our Mods, Admins, and Chapter heads for doing a wonderful job so far! Keep up the great work!

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Ultimately, I personally politically favour Anarchy. A lack of a system can be a system too - and an effective one. At the end of the day, you shouldn't need someone to tell you what's right and what's wrong - you know. You'd also not be really requiring anyone to tell you what to do - you know that too. However, I'm able to accept that some people are just completely unable to cope with taking social responsibility for their own actions/inactions. Even with more than a million citizens, it's still possible for them to decide for themselves. Via a forum structure such as this, we can argue amongst ourselves upon the various merits concerning decisions for a set period of time - assuming this is nothing desperately urgent - and then collectively vote. I'll agree with the opposition to decisions principle, but think it should be set as a % instead of a solid number. Say 60%. To assume that up until the next elections at least the 1'st 100k have a say, then one hundred would be only 1% or so - and not a good representation of the larger societies veiws. 100/600,000 is pretty insignificant. Should a structure develop wherin individuals make their own decisions, then the role of the ministries would be akin to that of mods in forums. An adjudicator ensuring productive conversation, and in cases where no clear agreements can be reached, the arbiter of the ultimate decision. I think proposal for dismissal should also require greater than 100 people - again a fixed percentage, 60% sounds like a good minimal.

@PaulCis: A fundamental string? This reminds me alot of my own theory, in which all of matter and energy particles are composed of a single building block. Using deacy patterns of known particles I was able to derive the nature of a single particle which would be composing every single thing in the universe. The idea behind this single is so efficient, I was even able to find the property of dark matter particles.

I believe there is a pattern to existence.. that is a symphony of frequency. if one were to find out the " vibratory strings" that make structure then we will be able to create at will anything. just a thought .. if anyone asks I would be more than happy to explain my ideas

there is something I would like to address "the dogma of science " there has been many cases to where reports or findings are ether hindered or skewed in order to hide facts. even now we are seeing this happen in America with the new law stating that science intuitions are not allowed to publicize their findings. So if a theory is debunked or proven otherwise. I would call for a reexamination ( case by case ) of experiments or theories. If the presenter has strong evidence of their conclusion then of course proceed with experimentation. or even if there is none then a solid idea or theory then I believe the chance should be given to fully discover the truth.