Do Video Games Belong in a Museum?

They've had an underrated impact on society and history, I think that they should be acknowledged finally.

I think they should include wax figures of video game characters into wax museums. I also think it would be cool to have the "first" replica swords, or any other objects, from video games put in museums. And have a little plaque describing who made it, when, why, and the history+game behind the item.

i'd go

They are a piece of historic art so yes they do.

Abandonia!
Oh and modern gaming sucks! There is no substance anymore! It`s all about graphics, being linear and boring interactive movie!

anything done creatively is art in my opinion :3

I'ma just leave this here.

Is this from Shadow of Colloses?

Yep.

Humans created it, so why not. It's digital art...

The aristry and talent and time tha go into designing video games definitely deserves some recognition, and if things like this get into museums, why not this?

journey ??? i hate this game...

i like RPG game

Video Games are a part of history and a form of art.

Skyrim would be the newewst game if that happened

HALOOOOO

Its part of our history. It should be displayed.

My only regret is that I may never see this exhibit myself.

no this sould

I don't really care.

Although, when I read 'museum' I think artifacts from history, not an art exhibition - luckily I read the actual text and didn't knee-jerk vote ;)

Entertainment in general should be in museums.

No more than Twitter's tweets belong in the National Archives.

A museum that would actually entice kids to go and learn? Why not is the real question...

Why not, they are part of American. And speaking of America, those who don't speak english, have no trouble with the english in video games.

They belong on MY TV.


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Yes and no. Yes, because they are, just like Coca cola, Hot Rods, Beanie babies, Bottle caps, etc... part of American culture. If there are museums out there (and there are) for things as simple as glass bottles and marbles, then Video games do have a place in a museum. On the other hand, I don't think they belong in traditional art museums. Those have always been dedicated to art that is generally made with rudimentary tools by hand. I do understand that the game art was at some point created from concept art and also takes a degree of skill to create digitally, but that is the point. I have been to numerous art museums that have a variable display of mediums, but they usually limit the exhibit to short time periods, while the mainstay rotating collection is still limited to 2D brush and paint rendering or sculpture (wood,stone, plaster etc..). It would be the same as going to an American Hot Rod show and wasting my time looking at European family sedans. A well made Euro sedan (BMW M5) belongs in a different category, and thus warrants a different venue, even if it performs as well as the Hot Rods and looks just as beautiful.

Of course! If this was a hundred years ago there probably Picasso's, DaDa and Surrealist works or any of Avant Garde artists part of museums permanant collection.

Dreams That Money Can Buy
is a 1947 American experimental feature color film written, produced, and directed by surrealist artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter.

Collaborators included Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Darius Milhaud and Fernand Léger. The film won the Award for the Best Original Contribution to the Progress of Cinematography at the 1947 Venice Film Festival.

Desire Max Ernst (Director/Writer)
The Girl with the Prefabricated Heart Fernand Léger (Director/Writer)
Ruth, Roses and Revolvers Man Ray (Director/Writer)
Discs Marcel Duchamp (Writer)
Ballet Alexander Calder (Director/Writer)
Circus Alexander Calder (Writer)
Narcissus Hans Richter (Director/Writer)

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Computer Animation from "The Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey"
- Odyssey Productions 1990
Primitive but impressive

The Mind's Eye - Heart of the Machine
The Part I especally like starts at 2.20 min mark



The Mind's Eye - Technodance

Of course, but you should be able to play them!

Why not? Art is all a matter of what you consider art. I wouldn't be surprised of video games end up being popular exhibits in history museums. Maybe a hundred years from now people can look at the first standup Pac-Man or Space Invaders. Maybe even pong? However, right now, videos games are not old enough to be shown in museums. I can see it happening in two hundred years though. They'll probably laugh at the technology and say something like: "Wow! They're technology sure was primitive." By then, they'll probably have quantum computers and silicon will be a thing of the past.

WOOT.

The images, even in the earliest of games are iconic and as important as cartoons as a form of art. And with the way the animation in them has evolved, it is quite amazing now. Some games look like movies.

whatever floats your boat !

Oh hell to the yes. I remember playing Journey at the arcade then moving over to the Dig Dug, then joust, galaga, they need to be recognized as a start of an era, a major social trend that has created a following that has surpassed the amount of people who actually vote for the next president at election time.

Videogames are works of art! Most people do not see that in the gaming universe, but i say different!

In a museum on the history and evolution of hobbies I would say.

SNES,Sega Genesis,&Neo; Geo were real big things that made us into the 30something year olds that can Play Splinter Cell,Rainbow Death6,Or Metal Gear Solid cause Contra Leed the way!

Some of the graphics of video games are simply amazing.

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that would be a really cool museum to go to. and their definitely a lot of history and art that goes into them