Smithsonian – Art / Video Games

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum has decided to honor the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium. Yes, the Smithsonian considers video games to be art. The exhibit will be called The Art of Video Games and will be on display from March 16, 2012 until September 30, 2012. The museum sought gamers’ opinions; anyone could vote to narrow down the pool of 240 games. Today they announced the 80 games that made the cut. Some of the titles that will be honored are games that you’re still playing like Mass Effect 2, Minecraft and Fallout 3. Keep reading to see all the games that will be on display.

1. Pac-Man
2. Pitfall!
3. Space Invaders
4. Combat
5. Donkey Kong
6. Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
7. Zaxxon
8. Star Trek: Strategic Operation Simulator
9. TRON: Maze-Atron
10. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
11. Star Strike
12. Utopia
13. Jumpman
14. The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate
15. Attack of the Mutant Camels
16. Sid Meier’s Pirates!
17. Super Mario Brothers 3
18. The Legend of Zelda
19. 1943: The Battle of Midway
20. Desert Commander
21. Marble Madness
22. Phantasy Star
23. After Burner
24. Spy vs Spy
25. Earthworm Jim
26. Phantasy Star IV
27. Gunstar Heroes
28. Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
29. Super Mario World
30. The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
31. Star Fox
32. SimCity
33. DOOM II
34. Fallout
35. Diablo II
36. StarCraft
37. Super Mario 64
38. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
39. Goldeneye 007
40. Worms Armageddon
41. Sonic Adventure
42. Shenmue, 2000
43. Rez
44. ChuChu Rocket!
45. Tomb Raider
46. Panzer Dragoon Saga
47. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei
48. SimCity 2000
49. Metal Gear Solid
50. Final Fantasy VII
51. Einhander
52. Final Fantasy Tactics
53. Halo 2
54. Fable
55. Panzer Dragoon Orta
56. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
57. Bioshock
58. Mass Effect 2
59. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
60. Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II
61. Portal
62. Fallout 3
63. flOw
64. Minecraft
65. Metroid Prime 2: Echos
66. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
67. Star Fox: Assault
68. Pikmin 2
69. Super Mario Galaxy 2
70. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
71. Boom Blox
72. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure
73. Shadow of the Colossus
74. Okami
75. Gradius V
76. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
77. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
78. Heavy Rain
79. Flower
80. Brütal Legend

On top of this mega-list of games that were voted on by the public, there will also be five games available to play. These games were chosen by the museum, not voters. Visitors of the exhibit will get a few minutes to play each of these titles:

1. Pac-Man
2. Super Mario Brothers
3. The Secret of Monkey Island
4. Myst
5. World of Warcraft

Source: The Art Of Video Games

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Comments

[razz.livejournal.com]

All my life, I've wanted to visit the Smithsonian, but never so much as now.