去年的这个时候，史密森尼艺术博物馆邀请公众帮助选择即将举行的展览中的电子游戏。压倒性的响应暂时降低了机构的服务器。到投票期结束时，有370万票在175个国家 /地区被119,000人投票 - 现在，首选的新展览中的首选名为“视频游戏的艺术”，看看媒体如何发展和如何发展在过去的40年中，流行文化渗透了。
该节目的主要前提是，尽管罗杰·埃伯特的抗议，视频游戏构成一种艺术形式，类似电影，动画和表演的观众会进入想象中的世界。According to the museum’s press release, the exhibition “focuses on the interplay of graphics, technology, and storytelling,” with 80 videogames created for 20 gaming systems, from the Atari VCS to the PlayStation 3. Aside from still images and video projections of the games themselves, the galleries contain video interviews with developers and artists and historic game consoles.
但是电子游戏的有趣部分是在播放它们，对吗？The interactive component isn’t lost on the curator, Chris Melissinos, the chief gaming officer for Sun Microsystems and founder of Past Pixels: Visitors can sample four games, one from each era, including Pac-Man, Super Mario Brothers, The Secret of Monkey Island, and Myst and Flower. We shudder to think of the full-on fights that will likely ensue among gaming geeks jockeying for position at those precious few consoles.
“视频游戏的艺术”开放至9月30日，此后将前往10个美国城市。免费入场；去这里有关更多信息。
