EPTWhen I heard about this earlier in the week I thought, an exhibit in a Smithsonian museum all about video games wutttt?? must check this out opening weekend! It turned out to be quite interesting. I also met Billy Mitchell who is an interesting person. (anyone who has seen the King of Kong movie knows who this is, Donkey Kong legend/world record dude) He was there to do some interviews and make an appearance.
The actual exhibit was pretty awesome, there's an area where people can actually play some games too (super mario, pac man, myst, flower, and something else) there's a whole area that basically lets you travel through the different era's of gaming history over the past 30-40 years. Including all kinds of oldschool gaming consoles and videos/explanation of games and the impact they had on the industry. Lots of interesting little facts and stuff about games I was unaware of. Starcraft was also included in the exhibit as one of the most influential games in the windows 95 era. The video they have on Starcraft is awesome, footage from original starcraft terran mission three (survive for 30 minutes) with commentary about how Starcraft mimics real world struggles of dealing with fractured governments and genocide.
Never thought I'd see the day I'd walk into an Art Museum to watch Starcraft...
anyway not much more to say other than anyone in the D.C area should definitely go check this out! It'll be in D.C through September and then will tour the US.
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Billy Mitchell and the epic video game referee of the world(Walter Day) doing interviews.
