The Smithsonian is hosting an exhibit called "The Art of Video Games" next year. This exhibit consists of game footage, interviews, large prints of screenshots and playable classic game consoles. The creators say it will be the "the first to examine comprehensively the evolution of games as an artistic medium."
Expect to see everything from the Atari VCS to the PS3 in the display that spans four decades of gaming. The public will be asked to assist with the selection of materials by choosing the games that they feel best represent parts of gaming's history.
The exhibit will be located on the 3rd floor North, American Art Museum, and will run from March 16 through September 9 in 2012. If you go, snap some photos and share with us!
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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4:20 PM on 08.19.2010
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Are we already 2011?
I sense a disaster in the Fallout exhibit.
This is the part most likely to go wrong. Not to say that I'm skeptical, because I think they'll do a good job of it, but if anything was to fuck this up, it'd be the opinions about gaming shared by the people of the Smithsonian.