The Art of Video Games opened at the Smithsonian with GameFest. Read my feature story for PCWorld and see a photo gallery with Computerworld and Gamebits.
In addition to text for PCWorld, I also published a GameFest photo gallery with Computerworld. What follows are the remainder of the still photography assets I grabbed during my weekend at the Smithsonian. Enjoy!
The star of King of Kong tells me to 'never surrender'!
Robin Hunicke, then of thatgamecompany, gives a moving presentation.
Robin Hunicke, then of thatgamecompany, gives a moving presentation.
What's the problem with this board?
This MAGfest console wasn't working as promised.
8 Bit Weapon addresses the crowd.
A game girl on the Game Boy.
Pics of pics.
A flashmob breaks out.
The Sternbergers performing together.
Seth croons to the audience.
Michelle Sternberger lays down a mean beat.
A dancer puts himself on display.
8 Bit Weapon on stage.
Rockin' to the chiptunes.
Chiptune group 8 Bit Weapon belts out the tunes.
I'm acknowledged in Steven L. Kent's history of video games.
A strange, live-action video game.
Atari cookies lacked a rainbow of colors.
Gotta eat 'em all!
Pac-Man cookies are empty calories -- but so, so, good.
Shigeru Miyamoto and Hiroshi Yamauchi get their just desserts.
Attack of the Mutant Space Camels -- really?
Doppelgangers!
Foxhound makes themselves known.
Snake himself came to meet his maker!!
Hideo Kojima's work is featured in the Art of Video Games coffee table book.
Hideo Kojima's work is featured in the Art of Video Games coffee table book.
The creator of Metal Gear Solid speaks through a translator.
Pac-Man is friendly to non-ghosts.
Pac-Man poses with some friends.
Solid Snake strolls through the courtyard.
Pac-Man arrives to gobble the ghosts.
Frame the shot right, and it looks like you're in a video game!
Museumgoers are invited to create original pixel art at this arts & crafts table.
A Sega Genesis, complete with Sega CD and 32X expansions.
A museumgoer gets his photo taken with Pac-Man.
A gamer and a speaker!
Nolan's bio on the back.
Walter shares the love.
It's a Nolan Bushnell trading card!
Walter Day pays his respects.
Walter Day has an announcement to make.
Zen and the art of video games.
People listen.
Augmented reality, for better or worse.
Are social games really games?
Arcade-perfect, it was not.
Commence firing!
Whose bright idea is this?
Young & old Nolan Bushnells.
Remember those?
Billy Mitchell & Walter Day of TwinGalaxies with 8 Bit Weapon.
Nolan Bushnell with 8 Bit Weapon!
Nolan Bushnell of Atari begins his keynote.
Billy Mitchell struts across the courtyard.
Chris, Mark, Paul, and Ken.
Mark, Paul, and Ken.
The conversations and cookies were all excellent.
Mark DeLoura, VP of technology at THQ; Paul Barnett of BioWare-Mythic; Ken Levine, project director for BioShock; and Kellee Santiago, co-founder of thatgamecompany.
Keith Robinson of Intellivision, Rand Miller, co-creator of Myst, and Don Daglow of AOL's Neverwinter Nights.
Mike Mika of Other Ocean Interactive, Keith Robinson of Intellivision, and Rand Miller, co-creator of Myst.
An Internet vote decided which games would be a part of the exhibition.
One-handed play.
The Miyamoto classic.
Kneel before Zod!
Exploring the world of Jenova Chen.
Point at the pretty flowers!
Close up on the VCS!
Is this already old enough to be in a museum?!
The best of PS2.
The best of 16-bit.
Not the best-suited game for kiosk play.
A quotation from the curator of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) in Rochester, NY.
Did you know this franchise was so old? It is, courtesy Ed Fries!
The land of Britannia.
This unusual trio of screens displayed a montage of facial reactions to video games.
I donated to this cause; is that a conflict of interest?
