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Smithsonian "Art of Video Games" Exhibit

Post » Sat May 28, 2011 10:06 am

The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February and April, helped to pick the majority of the exhibit, with only a few iconic selections guaranteed entry.


In alphabetical order:

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1943: The Battle of Midway
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
After Burner
Attack of the Mutant Camels
Bioshock
Boom Blox
Brütal Legend
ChuChu Rocket!
Combat?
Desert Commander
Diablo II
Donkey Kong?
DOOM II
Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
Earthworm Jim
Einhander
Fable
Fallout
Fallout 3
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VII
flOw
Flower
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Goldeneye 007
Gradius V
Gunstar Heroes
Halo 2
Heavy Rain
Jumpman
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II
Marble Madness
Mass Effect 2
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metroid Prime 2: Echos
Minecraft
Myst
Okami
Pac-Man
Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star IV
Pikmin 2
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Pitfall!
Portal
Rez
Shadow of Colossus
Shenmue
Sid Meier's Pirates!
SimCity
SimCity 2000
Sonic Adventure
Space Invaders
Spy vs Spy
Star Fox?
Star Fox?: Assault
Star Strike
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
StarCraft
Super Mario 64
Super Marios Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 3
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario World
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Walker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Secret of Monkey Island
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tomb Raider
TRON: Maze-Atron
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Utopia
World of Warcraft
Worms Armageddon
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Zaxxon

via http://kotaku.com/#!5799017/the-smithsonian-has-picked-the-games-of-its-art-of-video-games-exhibit
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Camden Unglesbee
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 11:47 pm

no portal, and how could they pick MGS2 over 3 :ohmy:
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bonita mathews
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:58 pm

no portal, and how could they pick MGS2 over 3 :ohmy:

Portal is there. It nice too see video games being recognized as an art form.
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renee Duhamel
 
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Post » Sun May 29, 2011 2:25 am

i see it now, oops.
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Quick draw II
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:53 pm

I was expecting to see Crysis in that list, but I'm pretty happy to see Portal, Fallout 3, Halo 2, and Brutal Legend in there. I love those games.
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Imy Davies
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 2:15 pm

Why si Sid Meiers Pirates in there, Civ is much better.
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Dorian Cozens
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 3:23 pm

Is this supposed to be graphical evolution only?
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BRIANNA
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 10:16 pm

Earthworm Jim FTW.
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Talitha Kukk
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 11:45 pm

Well, at least they put Fallout 1 on the list, but why Fallout 3? Just dungeon crawling garbage.
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Damned_Queen
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 10:24 pm

FO3 and ME2 I don't agree with. Where's my Half Life though.
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Sandeep Khatkar
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 1:07 pm

Well, at least they put Fallout 1 on the list, but why Fallout 3? Just dungeon crawling garbage.

Probably to compare it to 1.
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Roy Harris
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 11:04 am

There's a distinct lack of adventure games in that list, such as Grim Fandango, Monkey Island series, and The Longest Journey.

Also: Fable and not Daggerfall (or even Morrowind)? Really?
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Steph
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 6:44 pm

There's a distinct lack of adventure games in that list, such as Grim Fandango, Monkey Island series, and The Longest Journey.

Also: Fable and not Daggerfall (or even Morrowind)? Really?

This is what happens when you let random internet users choose games in 3-way matchups (and not by classical genre, either). Grim Fandango and The Secret of Monkey Island were both on the shortlist but got out-voted. It's no surprise the adventure genre got the shaft.

Morrowind, though, wasn't even in the running. I remember being struck by that one. Oblivion was, though. :meh:
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 1:20 pm

Earthworm Jim FTW.

Yep. At least one good title made it on there.
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Emily abigail Villarreal
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 10:42 am

There's a distinct lack of adventure games in that list, such as Grim Fandango, Monkey Island series, and The Longest Journey.

Also: Fable and not Daggerfall (or even Morrowind)? Really?

The Secret of Monkey Island is in there actually. :whisper:
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 8:24 pm

I know art doesn't just include visuals, but how could they not have Mirror's Edge or Red Dead Redemption, the two most beautiful game ever created? At least BioShock made it in there. Also, that is a ridiculous number of Zeldas.

Could someone please explain precisely in what way Pac-Man is art?
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Kelsey Hall
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 2:52 pm

Could someone please explain precisely in what way Pac-Man is art?

Same way primitive cave drawing are. Good for it's time.
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Ymani Hood
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 10:29 am

Could someone please explain precisely in what way Pac-Man is art?

Because it was a huge success for its time? :huh:
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Krystina Proietti
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:58 pm

Because it was a huge success for its time? :huh:

Yeah, twilight sold well as well
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Robert
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 7:33 pm

I know art doesn't just include visuals, but how could they not have Mirror's Edge or Red Dead Redemption, the two most beautiful game ever created? At least BioShock made it in there. Also, that is a ridiculous number of Zeldas.

Could someone please explain precisely in what way Pac-Man is art?


Because it's not art. None of the games there are art. They have art in them (graphics, music), but the poll is essentially just another top video games of all time poll, except that it's made by a museum. As with every such poll, the results wont agree with anyone.

So my question is, WTF Smithsonian? Why do you want to [censored] with something I enjoy doing?
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lauraa
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 4:49 pm

Yeah, twilight sold well as well

Because Twilight was a masterpiece.
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Louise Lowe
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 12:17 pm

Yeah, twilight sold well as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man

Pac-Man succeeded by creating a new genre and appealing to both genders.[12] Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time.


Yeah, Pac-Man deserves to be there.
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Nany Smith
 
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 3:47 pm

Could someone please explain precisely in what way Pac-Man is art?

Good luck explaining why anything at all is or isn't art.
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Post » Sat May 28, 2011 7:27 pm

Where the hell is Collossus?

Nvm. Shadow of Colossus. Whoops.

I see FO is up there. :)
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KRistina Karlsson
 
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Where the hell is Oblivion.

At least Fallout 3 made it.
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