The Art of Video Games: Sega Saturn
Smithsonian American Art Museum
September 23rd, 2012
Action | Tomb Raider |
Target | Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei |
Adventure | Panzer Dragoon Saga |
Tactics | SimCity 2000 |
Action | Tomb Raider |
Target | Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei |
Adventure | Panzer Dragoon Saga |
Tactics | SimCity 2000 |
Action | Marble Madness |
Target | After Burner |
Adventure | Phantasy Star |
Tactics | Spy vs. Spy |
Action | Donkey Kong |
Target | Zaxxon |
Adventure | Pitfall II: Lost Caverns |
Tactics | Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator |
I thought this was kind of funny. I clicked on The Amazing Spider-Man ad that's currently on the Xbox 360 dashboard and was greeted with a small clip of Andrew Garfield, the film's star, promoting the film for Xbox Live. These promotions always seemed like one of the worst parts of an artist's job, be it an actor or musician or something else, where the interviewer wants the interviewee to record a quick clip or sound bite of them mentioning the service the interviewer works for (like a radio station or Video on Demand channel) or, in some cases I've seen, the interviewer's personal website/podcast. In my experience, it usually comes off as disingenuous, and understandably so. It's even worse when you know that artist has never heard of the thing they're promoting!
Anyway, no ill will toward Andrew. I just thought it was amusing.
He could also just be really, really tired. Press tours can be pretty grueling.
Action | Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Target | 1943: The Battle of Midway |
Adventure | The Legend of Zelda |
Tactics | Desert Commander |
Action | Jumpman |
Target | Attack of the Mutant Camels |
Adventure | The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate |
Tactics | Pirates! |
The Art of Video Games has a large room where people are able to play five select games: Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., The Secret of Monkey Island, Myst, and Flower. This is a video of me playing The Secret of Monkey Island. A trackball was used in lieu of a mouse.
The Art of Video Games has a large room where people are able to play five select games: Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., The Secret of Monkey Island, Myst, and Flower. This is a video of me playing Pac-Man. The joystick sucked.
This is the last video we shot at the exhibit on September 2nd, 2012. After checking out the guestbook for the second time, I was reminded that I had my 3DS in my pocket the entire time. I soon discovered that several other people had the same idea...
Oddly enough, the last time I StreetPass'd was back in December 2011 at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.
"Advances in Mechanics" is a five-screen display that shows how various mechanics in video games have evolved over the years as consoles became more powerful.