This is how I feel about digital.
A picture is a picture. It doesn’t matter if you used a paintbrush or a computer to make it, it’s still a picture.
Digital Media is just media and often uses as a synonym for new media. But what is it about computers that enables new media. This video is an hour long but worth the view.
Stop Drawing Dead Fish from Bret Victor on Vimeo.
“This talk is not about games but about what sort of art is possible if the art and the artist are both alive”
Around 11 minutes in, he describes exactly why I like multiplayer games. It’s the combination of programmed behaviours and the actions of a living performer.