Smithsonian American Art Museum


The Art of Video Games includes a lot of interactive technology, but one of our favorite components is not hi-tech at all; it's a plain spiral-bound notebook that asks visitors to leave a comment. We include a comment book in every exhibition that we do, and we read all of them. This exhibition has inspired a lot of comments: we've filled 12 books in just 2 months so far! Gamers are a creative bunch, too, and many of the pages are filled with sketches and doodles of video game characters, from Pac-Man to Commander Shepherd. 

 

Comment Book Sketches

 

As I looked through all of the books, I was delighted to see that the most repeated comment by far was "The cake is a lie..."  


The Cake is a Lie

 

... followed closely by "The princess is in another castle." :-D

 

Next time you visit The Art of Video Games, be sure to leave us a message (written or sketched!).

 

 

-- Georgina
Exhibition Coordinator

P.S. If you didn't join us for the "Beyond Play" symposium on May 4, be sure to check out the webcasts: Video Games at Work and Game Change: Society and Culture. We also interviewed Austin Wintory, composer for the games flOw and Journey, on our blog.



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