Smithsonian Wants Your Vote for Gaming Exhibit

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The Smithsonian is calling for your vote for The Art of Video Games exhibition launching next year.

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[Computerrock1]

Go Pong!!!

 

[jlefebre6001]

world of the warcraft

 

[TheWhiteRose000]

Metal Fatigue! (PC)

😀

 

[knightmike]

They're asking me to choose between Portal and Half-Life 2. Where's the humanity?!

 

[d0gr0ck]

Wow, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons on the Intellivision, I sank many house into that one!

 

[thor220]

wtf no Crysis?

 

[Guest]

As stated above, Crysis really changed graphics. If they put Half life 2 over Crysis for artistic advancement, they have some moronic workers.

 

[jj463rd]

O.K. I voted but there were a lot of stinkers in there and a lot of great hugely epic games missing.

 

[d0gr0ck]

I think there going by more than just how pretty a game looks. Things like story and mood start to could a lot in the later generations.

Augh some of these choices just aren't fair... JSRF vs Phsychonauts... this will be a while.

 

[tidex]

Video games as art? An interesting concept but americans gamers have never played anything outside COD, Halo, and MADON. There are games that I would consider art but I'm sure the rest of the world hasn't played them or don't consider them that great.

The Classics need to be on there without a doubt though. Pacman, pong, digdug, galaga, all amazing.

 

[Burodsx]

Wolfenstien and Doom better make those lists!

 

[Guest]

Bioshock epitomizes the transcendence of video games as merely forms of entertainment to an artistic medium.

 

[evang]

MGS is a necessity

 

[agnickolov]

I can't help but notice a whole era missing in PC gaming. They start it in mid-90s, but a lot of great games were done in the 80s and early 90s, including the whole adventure genre. Where is King's Quest, Space Quest and the like?

Also they have a bit of an issue with naming. 8-bit was 70s, not 80s -- that was 16-bit, while the 90s introduced 32-bit games, at least on the PC platform. (Anyone remember Watcom's dos4gw? Doom used it for example.)

Ah, and it's open for voting now!

 

[lashabane]

Something is wrong with the world if FFVII doesn't make it.

 

[Burodsx]

Some of the game comparisons are really lame... Under Playstation -- C&C Red Alert vs Final Fantasy Tactics... Red Alert was primary for the PC... so having it listed under Playstation would be as dumb as listing Doom under Sega Genesis...

 

[eddieroolz]

I love my Company of Heroes. It might not have the userbase of Starcraft but I think CoH is the best RTS ever.

 

[Travis Beane]

[citation][nom]knightmike[/nom]They're asking me to choose between Portal and Half-Life 2. Where's the humanity?![/citation]
There were a couple hard choices.
I feel as i my heart has been ripped in two. A tear and a moment of silence to those who have fallen, we will miss you.

Through all I'm concerned though, Diablo II and Half Life 2 are my favorites.

 

[Maxor127]

Some tough choices. Had to pick MULE over Pirates for C64. DOS Adventure category was particularly tough with three great choices, but I went with Baldur's Gate 2. I'm confused why there are two nearly identical Zelda games for N64 Adventure genre.