Virtual Reality & Bleak Cities
Sep. 30th, 2010 05:34 pmSo I finally went to see Game On 2.0 and it was thought provoking, in ways the developers probably never intended. Two things in particular.
First the background: It's a touring exhibition about the development of video/computer games that consists of 130+ playable games. As in, you walk up to them, pick up the controls and play them. Game On 2.0 is the upgraded version of the original Game On exhibition. For some unknown reason, 2.0 had its world premiere at QVMAG in Launceston, and after being here since July, it's heading off to Greece next week. If/where it comes back to Australia, I have no idea.
So there's Pong and there's various games from 2010, and all sorts of stuff in the middle. Like the Atari console tank game and an early Tetris and Tomb Raider. And some of those hand-held games from the 1980s, like Donkey Kong. I had actually forgotten about them, for all the time we devoted to the things. All of which was rather cool, and it also gave me a chance to check out some games I've heard about but never seen, like the Sims.
But that's not the point of this post.
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First the background: It's a touring exhibition about the development of video/computer games that consists of 130+ playable games. As in, you walk up to them, pick up the controls and play them. Game On 2.0 is the upgraded version of the original Game On exhibition. For some unknown reason, 2.0 had its world premiere at QVMAG in Launceston, and after being here since July, it's heading off to Greece next week. If/where it comes back to Australia, I have no idea.
So there's Pong and there's various games from 2010, and all sorts of stuff in the middle. Like the Atari console tank game and an early Tetris and Tomb Raider. And some of those hand-held games from the 1980s, like Donkey Kong. I had actually forgotten about them, for all the time we devoted to the things. All of which was rather cool, and it also gave me a chance to check out some games I've heard about but never seen, like the Sims.
But that's not the point of this post.
( More )
