The original publisher of household names such as Myst, Prince of Persia and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is donating its software library and corporate records to the museum known as the home of the National Toy Hall of Fame. » 3/03/14 4:30pm 3/03/14 4:30pm

Yesterday somebody on cable news had a fairly reasonable conversation about video games as an art form. » 11/07/13 12:30pm 11/07/13 12:30pm

As mentioned back in December, the audio guides used by the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, were to be replaced this spring by the Nintendo 3DS, using content programmed by Nintendo. This promotional video shows the device in action. » 4/14/12 12:00pm 4/14/12 12:00pm

You did vote to get your favorite games into The Art of Video Games exhibit, didn't you? If not, don't crying that Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom didn't make it into the show. Anyway, we're only two short months away from the exhibit's opening of at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian's announced… » 1/13/12 9:00am 1/13/12 9:00am

Starting in March the Louvre, one of the largest, most visited art museums in the world, plans to replace their audio guides with 5,000 Nintendo 3DS programmed by the game maker to give full tours in seven languages, the AFP reports. » 12/15/11 7:20pm 12/15/11 7:20pm

When the Smithsonian American Art Museum opened voting for their upcoming Art of Video Games exhibit earlier this year, the resultant frenzy from gamers wanting to make sure their own personal Best Game EVAR was among the chosen crashed the institute's servers. The winning list of games got revealed back in April and… » 10/03/11 10:40am 10/03/11 10:40am

The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February… » 5/05/11 3:20pm 5/05/11 3:20pm

Which video games deserve to be honored for their art? Heavy Rain or Final Fantasy? Grim Fandango or Fallout? In the Smithsonian's upcoming "The Art of Video Games" exhibition, gamers decide which titles make the cut. » 2/14/11 1:00pm 2/14/11 1:00pm

While the argument over video games as art rages on, there can be no denying that games have influenced art, as evidenced by the WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon at the Laguna Art Museum in California. » 6/15/09 5:20pm 6/15/09 5:20pm

The Strong National Museum of Play has officially established The National Center for the History of Electronic Games, celebrating video gaming's role in American playtime. » 3/18/09 11:20am 3/18/09 11:20am

Infamously infamous first-person shooter Postal 2 will be making an appearance at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, the game's developer's said today. » 1/28/09 6:00pm 1/28/09 6:00pm

As the cultural impact of gaming becomes more apparent to societies where the hobby was once considered as something only children and 'older children' participate in, groups are understandably taking steps to help preserve the rich legacy of video game culture. To that end, academics at Nottingham Trent University… » 10/02/08 11:40am 10/02/08 11:40am