Experience the exhilaration of making art you really believe in! Experience the agony of rejection by the curatorial team! Consider selling out and just making what people seem to want! Change your mind again and follow your dreams! Be a star of the art world! Be a horrible failure! Be an artist!
Pippin Barr is a video game maker and critic who lives and works in Malta. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. His games address everything from airplane safety instructions to contemporary performance art. Pippin also writes a regular blog of game and game design criticism and his recent book, How to Play a Video Game, introduces the uninitiated and culturally curious to the world of video games. Check out PippinBarr.com.