SPOnG has fond memories of visiting London's Science Museum on school trips as kid – a museum where you could play with stuff instead of looking at mangy old stuffed birds and things in closed glass exhibit cases. Cool!
So it is with great pleasure that we bring you news that a new and updated version of the superb history and culture of videogaming exhibition, Game On, is to return to London in October. It will temporarily make its home at this great venue for five months, courtesy of some inspired sponsorship from none other than Nintendo.
Game On originally made its debut back at the Barbican in 2002 and was an essential trip for anyone with even the vaguest interest or knowledge of videogames visiting the smoke. If you made the effort back then, then you will understand why we are urging you to see this new, updated 'Game On: Round Two'
The press release informs us that the exhibition “[brings] together over three decades of videogames across a vast range of formats whilst including insights into videogaming culture and aspects of videogame development. Featuring vintage arcade machines, obscure consoles and the very latest hardware developments, Game On toured key exhibition spaces around the globe before returning to London for its new run... sponsored by Nintendo.”
So what else is new? Nottingham-based artist Jon Burgerman will be providing “an immense visual timeline of videogaming history, with additional pieces visualising the hand-eye-brain relationship that forms the basis of videogame interaction.” If you know Burgerman's work then you'll no doubt understand that this is very likely to be something pretty special indeed. If not just check out Burgerman's website to see what the fuss is about.
Commenting on Game On, Gaetan Lee, programmes developer at the Science Museum said: “Game On traces the science behind the dramatic developments in computer game production over the last thirty years and tackles some of the serious issues behind this huge multi-billion pound industry. And we’re particularly excited that Science Museum visitors will have a chance to see the PDP-1, the computer that ran the world’s first video game, Space War, and the world’s first manufactured arcade game, Computer Space from 1971, as well as the chance to play classic arcade games like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Ms Pac-Man. Nowhere else will people be able to see the entire history of the games industry laid out, explained and ready to play.”
As well as loads of playable orginial arcade games (which, let's face it, is the main draw) the organisers are also promising some other interesting stuff, including original Miyamoto artwork as well as a number of debates and speaker sessions in the museum's new Dana Centre.
If you're interested - and you should be - then you can book tickets by phone on 0870 906 3890 or at the Science Museum's website.
So it is with great pleasure that we bring you news that a new and updated version of the superb history and culture of videogaming exhibition, Game On, is to return to London in October. It will temporarily make its home at this great venue for five months, courtesy of some inspired sponsorship from none other than Nintendo.
Game On originally made its debut back at the Barbican in 2002 and was an essential trip for anyone with even the vaguest interest or knowledge of videogames visiting the smoke. If you made the effort back then, then you will understand why we are urging you to see this new, updated 'Game On: Round Two'
The press release informs us that the exhibition “[brings] together over three decades of videogames across a vast range of formats whilst including insights into videogaming culture and aspects of videogame development. Featuring vintage arcade machines, obscure consoles and the very latest hardware developments, Game On toured key exhibition spaces around the globe before returning to London for its new run... sponsored by Nintendo.”
So what else is new? Nottingham-based artist Jon Burgerman will be providing “an immense visual timeline of videogaming history, with additional pieces visualising the hand-eye-brain relationship that forms the basis of videogame interaction.” If you know Burgerman's work then you'll no doubt understand that this is very likely to be something pretty special indeed. If not just check out Burgerman's website to see what the fuss is about.
Commenting on Game On, Gaetan Lee, programmes developer at the Science Museum said: “Game On traces the science behind the dramatic developments in computer game production over the last thirty years and tackles some of the serious issues behind this huge multi-billion pound industry. And we’re particularly excited that Science Museum visitors will have a chance to see the PDP-1, the computer that ran the world’s first video game, Space War, and the world’s first manufactured arcade game, Computer Space from 1971, as well as the chance to play classic arcade games like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Ms Pac-Man. Nowhere else will people be able to see the entire history of the games industry laid out, explained and ready to play.”
As well as loads of playable orginial arcade games (which, let's face it, is the main draw) the organisers are also promising some other interesting stuff, including original Miyamoto artwork as well as a number of debates and speaker sessions in the museum's new Dana Centre.
If you're interested - and you should be - then you can book tickets by phone on 0870 906 3890 or at the Science Museum's website.
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