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The Art of Video Games
Topic Started: Feb 25 2011, 01:43 PM (447 Views)
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I thought they passed the bill, or maybe it was just past the house and in the senate now.
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Last I had heard they passed an extension on the past budget that went up until March 18th, or somewhere around then.
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Dang... That's a tough one, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, or Star Wars: Knights of the old republic.

Now its down to Knights of the Old Republic or Fallout 3...

...Knights of the Old Republic.
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Yev,Mar 3 2011
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Last I had heard they passed an extension on the past budget that went up until March 18th, or somewhere around then.

Probably was what I heard and I had thought they had passed the bill.
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DangerousNate,Mar 3 2011
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Dang... That's a tough one, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, or Star Wars: Knights of the old republic.

Now its down to Knights of the Old Republic or Fallout 3...

...Knights of the Old Republic.

Bah. Bah!

Fallout wholeheartedly got my vote there. The art of that game is fantastic.
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Yev,Mar 3 2011
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DangerousNate,Mar 3 2011
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Dang...  That's a tough one, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, or Star Wars: Knights of the old republic.

Now its down to Knights of the Old Republic or Fallout 3...

...Knights of the Old Republic.

Bah. Bah!

Fallout wholeheartedly got my vote there. The art of that game is fantastic.

I think that was one of the listings that all 3 were games I had played.

Some of those titles I didn't even recognize, I didn't vote on most of era 1. There were a couple of choices I felt were a bit unfair to pair together also.

Fallout 3 was really good, which is why I struggled. But, I guess not owning Fallout 3 and my fanboy/nerdom of Star Wars won out.

World of Warcraft was ok, but I had a lot more fun with Fallout 3 and Knights.

Also my world is a crotch.
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DangerousNate,Mar 3 2011
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Hehe

What'd you vote for for some of the others?
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Hmm...

Star Fox 64, Chrono Trigger for another, Doom II, Diablo 2, and Starcraft are a few I remember.
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So few choices that I've heard of anyway.
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Dang... That's a tough one, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, or Star Wars: Knights of the old republic.

Now its down to Knights of the Old Republic or Fallout 3...

...Knights of the Old Republic.

yea, i went with kotor too on that one. i dropped WoW from thought immediately
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DangerousNate,Mar 3 2011
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Dang...  That's a tough one, Fallout 3, World of Warcraft, or Star Wars: Knights of the old republic.

Now its down to Knights of the Old Republic or Fallout 3...

...Knights of the Old Republic.

yea, i went with kotor too on that one. i dropped WoW from thought immediately

I liked Wow, just not more than those 2.
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Winners:

Atari VCS
Pac-Man (Action), Space Invaders (Target), Pitfall! (Adventure), Combat® (Tactics)

ColecoVision
Donkey Kong™ (Action), Zaxxon (Target), Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Adventure), Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (Tactics)

Intellivision
TRON: Maze‐Atron (Action), Star Strike (Target), Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (Adventure), Utopia (Tactics)

Commodore 64
Jumpman (Action), Attack of the Mutant Camels (Target), The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate (Adventure), Pirates! (Tactics)

Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Brothers 3 (Action), 1943: The Battle of Midway (Target), The Legend of Zelda (Adventure), Desert Commander (Tactics)

SEGA Master System
Marble Madness (Action), After Burner (Target), Phantasy Star (Adventure), Spy vs Spy (Tactics)

SEGA Genesis
Earthworm Jim (Action), Gunstar Heroes (Target), Phantasy Star IV (Adventure), Dune II: Battle for Arrakis (Tactics)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario World (Action), Star Fox™ (Target), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Adventure), SimCity (Tactics)

SEGA Saturn
Tomb Raider (Action), Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Target), Panzer Dragoon Saga (Adventure), SimCity 2000 (Tactics)

DOS/Windows
DOOM II (Action), Diablo II (Target), Fallout (Adventure), StarCraft (Tactics)

PlayStation
Metal Gear Solid (Action), Einhander (Target), Final Fantasy VII (Adventure), Final Fantasy Tactics (Tactics)

Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64 (Action), Star Fox 64* (Target), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Adventure), Worms Armageddon (Tactics)

SEGA Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure (Action), Rez (Target), Shenmue (Adventure), ChuChu Rocket! (Tactics)

PlayStation 2
Shadow of the Colossus (Action), Gradius V (Target), Ōkami (Adventure), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Tactics)

Microsoft XBox
Halo 2 (Action), Panzer Dragoon Orta (Target), Fable (Adventure), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Tactics)

Nintendo GameCube
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Action), Star Fox™: Assault (Target), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Adventure), Pikmin 2 (Tactics)

Modern Windows
Portal (Action), flOw (Target), Fallout 3 (Adventure), Minecraft (Tactics)

Microsoft XBox 360
Bioshock (Action), Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Target), Mass Effect 2 (Adventure), Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (Tactics)

Nintendo Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Action), Boom Blox (Target), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Adventure), Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Tactics)

PlayStation 3
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Action), Flower (Target), Heavy Rain (Adventure), Brütal Legend (Tactics)

*Goldeneye 007 was the winning game in this category but cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. Star Fox 64 received the next highest number of votes.
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Truly a lot of those games deserve that spot.
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The exhibit opens on March 16th and is open through September 30th. Who has two thumbs and will be there probably within the first week it's open? This guy.

Also, they'll have Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Secret of Monkey Island, Myst, and Flower open for the public to play in the museum.

The SSA Kentuckians should probably use this exhibit as an excuse to come out to DC. ;)
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Sorry, I don't mean to exclude the non-DC, non-Kentucky SSA members. The rest of you are perfectly free to use this as an excuse to visit DC as well.
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