I always seem to forget how great graffiti is but then I am reminded of how powerful a tool of self expression and protest it has the potential for. Stencil graffiti was recently popularized by GB's Banksy, and many artists are taking the cue and doing similar artwork all around the world. Now although Banksy wasn't the first artist to do stencil based graffiti, he certainly won't be the last well known one. Many artists are already building off the groundwork Banksy and artists before him have laid. Banksy is a clever bastard though, and seemed to have a great way of screwing with people, my favorite being his faked "This has been approved for graffiti by the Police" seal he put on a random wall where this was obviously not legal. Suffice it to say, graffiti on said wall ensued and was later removed. The Stencil Revolution however, is a new spot where artists post their stencil work, whether it be legal or not.A college student posted his sped up presentation on Video Gaming and Sex recently on YouTube, and made a lot of the points which make sense. The basis for his argument being that given that now where video gaming can reach new potential in storytelling given the technological achievements being made.
However, until video games have sex as part of the story in the same way that a book or film would, it will be picked on and scape goated for whatever since video games are for some odd reason still perceived as being a children's toy. As an artform video gaming is still in its infancy, so time will tell how things turn out and how serious game makers decide to take it. I think Mass Effect was the first step in the right direction even though it was lambasted in the news for portraying, "the most realistic sex scene" ever and there was potential that a (gasp!) lesbian relationship could occur in the game. People be crazy sometimes.
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