User blog:Lancer1289/Video Game Art at the Smithsonian

Just in case any of you have missed it, from March 16, 2012 – September 30, 2012 the Smithsonian American Art Museum will exhibit Video Game art from the beginning. This even has a voting process for which games will be exhibited which is best described by the quote below from the website. "We have organized the games into five eras, twenty gaming systems, and four genres. Simply select an era to begin and then navigate through the different systems and genres. You do not have to vote for every game on every system, and you can return to the website multiple times in order to complete your vote."


 * Era 1: START!: 1970s – early 1980s. "The beginning of the home video game revolution"
 * Era 2: 8-BIT: early 1980s - early 1990s. "The game industry reinvents itself after a collapse in the market."
 * Era 3: BIT WARS!: early 1990s – mid-1990s: "When technology and artistry collide, an explosion of creativity ensues."
 * Era 4: TRANSITION: mid-1990s – early 2000s: "Artists move from two dimensions to three."
 * Era 5: NEXT GENERATION: early 2000s – Today" "The foundation for the present, and future, of video games."

I encourage you all to go and vote for your favorite games and for the best art in games. I won't list the games and categories, as there are some things that you have to find out for yourselves.

Just be careful when you are voting as the website says "You cannot change an individual vote once you have selected it so choose carefully." So please do choose carefully. The links are below for the sites.

Voting Website: http://www.artofvideogames.org/ (You MUST register to vote) Smithsonian American Art Museum Website: http://americanart.si.edu/ Exhibition Home Page: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/ (Featuring the Illusive Man in his office from the Mass Effect 2 Limited Collectors' Edition Art Book. Thought it would be interesting)