Kate had been the first to show me the exciting news about a video game exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Based on the description, it sounds as if the curators know their stuff and it should be an excellent exhibit. They are doing a public vote about what should make it in, which is a promotional gimmick that forces some tough choices for nostalgia–ridden voters like myself. Similarly, Kate long agonized about the choice between Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts II. My advice to her was to vote for the one she actually played through, given that she liked the art in both cases.
My only complaint of note is where the hell are the PC games for the Bit Wars! (1989-1994) era? As a result a lot of the early history of the classically defined adventure game genre was completely absent. Was Lucas Arts and Sierra's successor company just being really stingy with the rights? Believe me I didn't have a console in that area but I still played a lot of games. Too many games really.
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