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Prestigious Art Gallery To Exhibit Video Games

Posted by Hemos on from the what-about-my-award-winning-homm4-characters dept.

dipfan writes "Anyone passing through London (England) in the next few months should check out Game On - the history, culture and future of video games, an exhibition at the prestigious Barbican gallery, which opens on May 16. The exhibition publicity says: "Game On will trace the 40 year history of computer games from Space War, which was made way back in 1962, right up to the latest, as yet unreleased games from the likes of Nintendo, Sony, Sega and XBox." Cool. Exhibits include the first home games console (the Magnavox Odyssey from 1972), special sections on the influence of anime and manga, and lots of playable games, from Pong onwards, and a whole lot of other interesting stuff. The Barbican cinema is running a games-related film festival to go with the exhibition: Tron, The Matrix, etc. Even if you can't make it to London, the exhibition is going to tour the US and Japan."

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  4. Re:You don't need to go to London... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. Re:Aren't you a little old for video games? by ABeit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Aren't you a little young for full contact?

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  8. Re:Aren't you a little old for video games? by Proteus+Child · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bloodsport, starring Jean-Claude van Damme.

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