Game On Exhibit At Chicago Science And Industry Museum

If you have the chance to make it to the Windy City in the near future, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry is playing host to the exhibit entitled "Game On". The playable gaming extravaganza will run through September of this year, and covers almost the entire history of video games. From the article: "Visitors to Game On will be able to play more than 100 games that illustrate how far games have come both artistically and technically, and see how the video game phenomenon has influenced aspects of popular culture around the world."

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MSI used to be fun

[idiot900]

I remember being enamored with the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as a child. They have changed very little about it in recent years, and it's now an unmitigated crapfest compared to other science oriented museums (Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, etc.) I have been to recently. Maybe this exhibit won't suck?

Re:MSI

[mjackson14609]

The sub (a German vessel captured during WWII in a successful mission to obtain codebooks) is currently not on exhibit because it's been moved to a new underground display area. There's a wealth of information, including video of the move, at the exhibit website.

I've visited Game On

[neonstz]

I visited Game On in London in 2002 and in Edinburgh 2003. It is a nice tour of video gaming from it's beginning to today. The Edinburgh exihibit was updated with some new games, so the current exhibition probably has been updated too.

There are a lot of games to play, but the older ones are usually played on emulators. There are also a hand held section with some early hand held electronic games.

If you're into gaming, especially retro gaming, this exhibition will not offer anything new, but it is fun to walk from game to game, playing a little bit here and there.

(Note. I speak for the exhibits in London and Edinburgh, but they were quite similar so I guess this one is a lot like those.)

Re:MSI

[chigun]

I have to admit, I've been there so many times now that I just very well may be sick of it, but you have to admit that many of the interactive displays (push this button to see how this machine works) simply do not work anymore. And the "virtual reality/internet" exhibit is so dated it's absolutely hilarious these days. Do I really need a huge section of a museum devoted to explaining me the concept of email? I think not. I think many millions of 10 year olds would also agree. I'm not really saying they don't have a lot of great exhibits though. The coal mine will always be a favorite of mine, but I think they need to have some more hard science exhibits that have some educational AND interesting qualities.