Game exhibitions are usually expected at a game developers conference. Or maybe as a special feature at a museum. So it’s a bit surprising to hear that a major game history exhibition is being held by a bank. And not just any bank, either.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is presenting, now through January, “Video Games Evolve: A Brief History from Spacewar! to MMORPGsâ€. And they’re covering everything, including the early arcade games and the Magnavox Odyssey.
I find it fascinating that this is being held not just in a bank, but in a Federal Reserve Bank. Not the first place you’d think of going to learn about the evolution of games and the game industry.
Shucks, this is something you’d expect at, say, the Smithsonian, maybe (of course, they may have something like that, already; I don’t know). And it’s not like the Fed of Boston needs any new customers. Heh.
Nonetheless, the FROB (sounds almost like a spell from the Enchanter series) is really putting in this show. If you’re in the Boston area, drop in and take a look (we’d love to hear what you have to say about it, too).
A game history exhibit in a bank. Games are becoming more mainstream all the time. What a concept!
come on, how long a train ride is it from NYC to Bean Town.
Why don’t you go and give us a report. Heck you can probably get to Bean Town quicker then I could get to Dallas just to get a flight to the east coast!
The games may be becoming more main stream but the media tells me they are still for kids and will never be art.
Who should I believe? Why the pretty hair sprayed media of course. yeah right!
This is cool Scorpia and a little scary. I don’t want to be part of the mainstream.
well when the media starts defining ‘art’ as a cross in a jar of urine, does one really care what or how ‘the media’ defines anything?
having scanned the article a bit i see more why it’s in boston, a lot of stuff started in Boston. So are they really highlighting Gaming or BOSTON Gaming?
But the FRBOB??? Well they had some weird name for the hall - economic adventure gallery. so banking/eonomics - i guess they are tied into that casual 2B/year figure and see gaming as an economic adventure in capitalism and not a gaming adventure.
regardless anything to get gaming visible to the general population is a win, as long as the publicity isn’t of the wacko D&D fantic kills self/friends type and thus BAD influence on kids.
my guess is a lot of that lunch time casual gaming is the free poker websites which are still pretty active despite the HUGE hit they took when congress outlawed online gambling and credit card payments direct to such sites.
AND neenier neenier neenier scrop, scoff at my freecell habit as you will but didn’t they list that as the number one played game!