I guess this game is not art.
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Posted on: 2011-05-05 18:01 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Way to read the article and its mention of public voting.|
Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
http://kotaku.com/#!5799017/the-smit...-games-exhibit
Boo. Smithsonian lost credibility with one of their choices. |
Also, the thing you're referencing is the only thing of the MMO genre represented.
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This exhibit has nothing to do with whether a specific video game qualifies as art or not. Qualifying as art, btw, has nothing to do with being good or bad - for example, Triumph of the Will is art but sex is not.
MMOs are amazingly under represented... while Zelda is over represented and not all of them are art
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Well there's something obviously wrong with that. |
Originally Posted by Pampl
This exhibit has nothing to do with whether a specific video game qualifies as art or not. Qualifying as art, btw, has nothing to do with being good or bad - for example, Triumph of the Will is art but sex is not.
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Wait ... were you the person who commented about how the Zelda games weren't all that memorable?|
Originally Posted by Durakken
MMOs are amazingly under represented... while Zelda is over represented and not all of them are art
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Mostly I think since they were focusing on specific art and gameplay styles of the various generations of video games Zelda makes a good amount of sense. There have been a lot of Zelda clones over the years and the series itself has gone through a very interesting visual progression over that time as well.
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Disappointed that CoH is not on the list of course. But were some choices there that I did agree with, The original Fallout and Bioshock for example. There were some choices that I would have put on the list, like Planescape: Torment for example.
But I'm sure there are a lot of people out there disappointed that their personal faves aren't on this grand list.
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I was looking for Rogue, personally.
Edit: Or Nethack.
I was glad to see Zelda link to the past, Zaxxon, FF tatics (one of my favorite ever games)and the mario games. I used to have a table top arcade unit of Zaxxon, it may be kicking around in my barn somewhere still.
I was surprised Sega's 1991 time traveller wasn't listed though. While it wasn't a console game it really was a breakthrough game for its time.
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Hmm Zaxxon.|
Originally Posted by Montaugh
I was glad to see Zelda link to the past, Zaxxon, FF tatics (one of my favorite ever games)and the mario games. I used to have a table top arcade unit of Zaxxon, it may be kicking around in my barn somewhere still.
I was surprised Sega's 1991 time traveller wasn't listed though. While it wasn't a console game it really was a breakthrough game for its time. |
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Ok why the hell do I have the boardgame of Zaxxon?
Diablo II and Starcraft are on the list, which pleases me..
Still would of rather had an actual Warcraft game aside from WoW on there though.. Although it's impact on MMOs in general is quite pronounced, so it probably does deserve a spot.
Why was I not surprised when I got to the O's?
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'Cause that game is gorgeous and it is a travesty that it sold as few copies as it did. Far and away the best art design of any game I've ever played.
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Originally Posted by YippeeGo
Why was I not surprised when I got to the O's?
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I am still amazed the COH got no mention but PACMAN? seriously? I realize in its day it was a popular game but come on? THAT'S Art but we have zones like the Cascades in the Shadow Shard and even the war torn look of say Mercy or Boom Town but no mention. LOL Who got to vote on that list anyway? 
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Probably one of the best storylines as well.|
Originally Posted by Demobot
'Cause that game is gorgeous and it is a travesty that it sold as few copies as it did. Far and away the best art design of any game I've ever played.
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I picked it up for 20 bucks the other day and it was well worth it.
http://kotaku.com/#!5799017/the-smit...-games-exhibit
Boo.
Edit: Edited out second part. Yea, I didn't read the article. This was a public poll. I did not think the Smithsonian would have done such a thing.