Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 May 2014 at 01:31:02 (UTC)
Reason
Why do I feel that this should be an FP? Actually, I don't. I think that it's too small. Adam Cuerden feels that a size exception should be made, however, and since the size is the only thing that was holding me back... well... here it is. It has decent EV, high quality, and freely licensed screenshots are still not all that common.
I did some checking, and most Xbox 360 games are natively 1280x720 (720p) resolution, which is what this is. My last screenshot FP nominee was larger, 1920x1080 (1080p), but that game was intended for release on the PC. Sven ManguardWha?05:03, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Far as I know, educational value can be bypassed for FP's. Since this is definitely a compelling picture and, as nom said, there's not a lot of free screenshots out there, that's enough to get around that since it fits all of the featured picture criteria, IMO. Supernerd11:DFiremind^_^Pokedex20:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Brainy J: Actually, that's exactly where the EV comes from. Screenshots are tremendously useful in helping readers understand elements of the game that don't lend themselves easily to being described with prose. This includes the art style, what the playable characters look like, elements of the user interface, and so on. In much the same way that an article about a painting is greatly enriched by being able to see the actual painting, an article about a video game is greatly enriched by being able to see stills from the game. This is alsoSven Manguard20:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Supernerd11 and Brainy J: At FPC we use the term "encyclopedic value", rather than "educational value". That way, people can discuss how much an image adds to the articles it is in, without having to deal with people's subjective opinions on the subject of the image itself. The discussion is not "do video games (or images of video games) have educational value", it is "does this image help readers understand the article, or points within it". See item #5 at Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria. This is alsoSven Manguard20:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]