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Art of Video Games at the SmithsonianApril 4th, 2012 |
I went to the Art of Video Games exhibit at the Smithsonian today. A few pics:
All in all, it was basically a very well-put-together survey, with nothing really too provocative or illuminating to people really immersed in it all. But I would guess that for many of the adults there who were mostly reminiscing about the Commodore 64 (based on what I overheard), some of the discussion in the video loops on narrative and consequence was probably quite novel.
Definitely a narratologically tilted set of videos btw. 
Kudos to Chris Melissinos (who called me when he saw me tweeting from the exhibit!) and everyone else in putting it together!
I was amused by all the kids walking around playing games on their DSes in the midst of the exhibit.
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Raph, Do a piece about this…
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