Art of Video Games Voting

[Feb 14, 2011, 9:53 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Smithsonian American Art Museum announces they are inviting the public to vote on The Art of Video Games, an exhibition on the evolution of video games as an artistic medium which opens in Washington, D.C. March 16, 2012. Here's a bit:

Voting will take place online, www.artofvideogames.org, from Feb. 14 through April 7. A valid e-mail address is the only requirement to vote. The website will offer participants a chance to vote for 80 games from a pool of 240 proposed choices in various categories, divided by era, game type and platform. The winning games will be displayed in the exhibition as screen shots and short video clips. The website will include an online forum where gaming enthusiasts can campaign for particular games and voice their opinions about the selections.

The games on the voting site were selected for their graphic excellence, artistic intent and innovative game design. Results will be available online in May.

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Re: Art of Video Games Voting

Feb 15, 2011, 00:41

CannibalBob

Draugr wrote on Feb 14, 2011, 21:05:
Yay, for recognition of the medium!

hopefully with this voting, people keep in mind what they are voting for, and don't look at it as a "vote for what you liked" situation.

I don't understand. I thought beauty was in the eye of the beholder. How can you vote for something you didn't like or even play?

Well, I voted. It's interesting how they break up all the games into 4 genres: Action, Adventure, Target and Strategy. Think 'arcade' for 'target'. What's even more weird is that they break up the games into consoles/systems. NES, PC, XBox, C64 etc. How does the medium affect the game's artistic qualities? Some games are on many systems, like Mass Effect 2 or Sim City 2000, yet they are only in one of the categories. It would've made more sense to have the 4 game genres and just throw all the games into each one, regardless of the game system.

There are some serious games missing, though... Planescape Torment, Braid, X Quest (Space Quest, King's Quest, Police Quest etc), Monkey Island, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Commander Keen ... I could go on, but overall it felt like a weak selection.

edit: It's still pretty nifty, though. Glad to see games are getting recognized. IMO anything that stirs up feelings and thought is art.




"If you like it, they will stop making it" - Herblock's Law

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Feb 14, 21:05	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Draugr
	2.	Feb 14, 21:23	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Esoteric
	3.	Feb 14, 21:28	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	PHJF
	4.	Feb 14, 21:45	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	ASeven
	6.	Feb 14, 22:45	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Sepharo
	7.	Feb 14, 23:14	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Jow
	8.	Feb 14, 23:48	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	killer_roach
>>	9.	Feb 15, 00:41	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	CannibalBob
	12.	Feb 15, 01:34	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Draugr
	13.	Feb 15, 02:35	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Jerykk
	14.	Feb 15, 03:08	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Draugr
	5.	Feb 14, 22:44	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Sepharo
	10.	Feb 15, 01:13	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	MajorD
	16.	Feb 15, 09:44	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Alamar
	11.	Feb 15, 01:13	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	Blackhawk
	15.	Feb 15, 09:31	Re: Art of Video Games Voting	heroin

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