Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Here's how many people saw The Smithsonian's Art of Games]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/heres-how-many-people-saw-the-smithsonians-art-of-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/heres-how-many-people-saw-the-smithsonians-art-of-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/heres-how-many-people-saw-the-smithsonians-art-of-games/#comments A few small countries of people saw The Art of Games at The SmithsonianThe Art of Video Games exhibit just concluded its run at The Smithsonian and the final number of visitors is in: 686,406. The exhibit ran for six months, from March 16 - September 30, so that's well over 100,000 people per month critiquing the art from such games as BioShock, Diablo 2, Donkey Kong, Fallout 3, Goldeneye 007, Doom 2, Minecraft, Jet Set Radio Future, Shadow of Colossus, Star Fox: Assault, Zaxxon and tons more, all chosen by fans via some smooth Smithsonian voting.

For reference, 686,406 people is slightly more than the entire country of Montenegro, more than six Grenadas, or 617,765 dollar-store items in Grenada (10 percent sales tax).

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"One big thing I recently handled is the Audioguide Louvre - Nintendo 3DS, referred to earlier in this meeting," Miyamoto told investors during a recent Q&A. "This has not made money yet, but it has the potential to be one of our core businesses in the future."

Later, in a nod to the announcement, reaction to, and eventual retraction of the announcement of Miyamoto's eventual retirement, Miyamoto admonished the assembled shareholders. " I should be careful about telling you about these things and I would like to add that we are not announcing any concrete business plans here. I would also be glad if you carefully tell someone else about my remarks."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsaudioguide-louvredslouvremuseumnintendoshigeru-miyamotoTue, 03 Jul 2012 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Miyamoto's DS patent offers upgraded tourist hunting techniques]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/miyamotos-ds-patent-offers-upgraded-tourist-hunting-techniques/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/miyamotos-ds-patent-offers-upgraded-tourist-hunting-techniques/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/miyamotos-ds-patent-offers-upgraded-tourist-hunting-techniques/#commentsImage
The DS Lite could see society's next great advancement in GPS technology, at least in tourist-heavy areas such as museums and haunted-home expeditions, a patent from Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto suggests.

The patent describes a system where an overhead grid of infrared "positional information transmitters" reads a user's DS to light up floor patterns and potential walkways. The user can then pick which route he'd like to take, reading tourist facts along the way.

Nintendo has already infiltrated the museum scene with the 3DS giving guided tours in the Louvre, and it's doing a pretty great job, from what we hear. There's no guarantee that a patent will translate to an actual product, but the thousands of infrared beams hovering over the Mona Lisa fulfills a few of our own spy fantasies, so we'll hope this one works out in some way.

JoystiqMiyamoto's DS patent offers upgraded tourist hunting techniques originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 06 May 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsdsmuseumnintendopatentshigeru-miyamototourtourismUSPTOSun, 06 May 2012 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment to raise money through games marathon]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/museum-of-art-and-digital-entertainment-to-raise-money-through-g/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/museum-of-art-and-digital-entertainment-to-raise-money-through-g/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/museum-of-art-and-digital-entertainment-to-raise-money-through-g/#comments ImageThe Oakland-based Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has been trying to carry out a second round of donation-based funding for a few months now, but things haven't quite come together as well as planned. So, things are getting serious: They're going to play some video games.

Starting this Friday afternoon, the museum will be hosting a marathon of various games, including Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Fallout 3, and Resident Evil 3, along with a few other classics. The event will be streamed on the museum's website, and the goal is to raise $1,000 for every game that's defeated on the stream. If more money than the $20,000 goal is raised, they'll keep playing until one game is beaten for every $1,000 earned.

All the funds raised will go to the Museum, to keep up the collection there and continue all of the programs the organization hosts (including, just recently, one of the locations for MolyJam). MADE is accepting donations from now through the marathon this weekend.

JoystiqMuseum of Art and Digital Entertainment to raise money through games marathon originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Nintendo 3DS debuted in its latest occupation last week, as tour guide at the biggest and best museum in the world, Paris' legendary Musée du Louvre. I just happened to be in the neighborhood this week while on a month-long trek across Europe, so I paid my 5 € along with the 10 € museum admission for the audio guide, and was handed a Korean Air-branded black 3DS and a pair of headphones on the way to go see some of the world's finest art.

The 3DS isn't the only portable device in use as a museum tour guide. While visiting the Musée d'Orsay last week, I was handed an iPod touch in a special security case, and walked around among the works of French impressionists while using Apple's device to hear insights in English. And I've used quite a few other audio guides on this trip - in London, Westminster Abbey and the Royal Observatory both used custom-made audio guide systems, with a keypad and a play button to choose certain audio tracks for various sights on the tour.

But the 3DS was definitely the only gaming-specific device I've seen in use so far. And because of all of the various technologies included, specifically the wireless features, it actually did a great job.

Gallery: 3DS Louvre Audioguide

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JoystiqTouring the Louvre with a 3DS originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment will host its first exhibit in Oakland starting December 3. Appropriately for its first foray into a physical exhibition space, the museum is highlighting "The History of Early 3D." That's 3D as in polygons, not glasses. Think Star Fox and Doom.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3ddoomexhibitmademuseummuseum-of-art-and-digital-entertainmentTue, 29 Nov 2011 23:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Smithsonian extends voting on Art of Video Games exhibit through April 17]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/06/smithsonian-extends-voting-on-art-of-video-games-exhibit-through/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/06/smithsonian-extends-voting-on-art-of-video-games-exhibit-through/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/06/smithsonian-extends-voting-on-art-of-video-games-exhibit-through/#comments We know -- you were going to vote for the Smithsonian's Art of Video Games exhibit, but then your cat got lost, you had extra homework to do and your collection of various Mario figurines needed organizing. But just in case you hadn't made plans to get your vote in by Thursday, you're in luck: the voting deadline has been extended to April 17, through the third Sunday of this month.

The vote is trying to narrow down the list to just 80 games set to be featured in an exhibition at the famed museum right around this time next year, so you'll be helping to make history with your choices. Joining in to vote also sets you up to get advance notification about the winning games, as well as behind-the-scenes information about the exhibit as it's shown off at the Smithsonian and then toured around the country. So go, vote now -- Chrono Trigger isn't going to pick itself!

JoystiqSmithsonian extends voting on Art of Video Games exhibit through April 17 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>artart-of-video-gamesexhibitmuseumsmithsonianvotesvotingWed, 06 Apr 2011 08:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Vote on games for Smithsonian's 'The Art of Video Games' exhibit]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/14/vote-on-games-for-smithsonians-the-art-of-video-games-exhibit/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/14/vote-on-games-for-smithsonians-the-art-of-video-games-exhibit/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/14/vote-on-games-for-smithsonians-the-art-of-video-games-exhibit/#comments The debate over whether games are art will no doubt still be unsettled when the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. puts them on exhibit -- as art! -- on March 16, 2012. The choice of which games will be on display is being left up to the public to decide, with voting open at artofvideogames.org through April 7, 2010.

The exhibit will feature 80 games and 20 platforms, "from the Atari VCS to the PlayStation 3," spanning five eras: "Start," "8-bit," "Bit Wars," "Transition" and "Next Generation." It's slated to run through September 20, 2012. 240 games are on the ballot, which was vetted by a panel of industry vets. The exhibit's site also features forums where the especially passionate gamers among us can "campaign for particular games and voice their opinions about the selections."

Now, if you'll excuse us, we have some campaigning to do for BotS.

[Image credit: Bobak Ha'Eri]

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JoystiqVote on games for Smithsonian's 'The Art of Video Games' exhibit originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cultureexhibitmuseumSmithsoniansmithsonian-american-art-museumthe-art-of-video-gamesvotingMon, 14 Feb 2011 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Paris has a new video game museum]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/22/paris-has-a-new-video-game-museum/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/22/paris-has-a-new-video-game-museum/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/22/paris-has-a-new-video-game-museum/#comments Paris recently added La Musée du Jeu Vidéo (The Museum of Video Game) to its long list of museums housing world famous works of art. For €10 ($13.38), Parisians and visitors to the city can explore the history of games on the roof of La Grande Arche de la Defense -- that's only €0.50 more than the price of admission to Le Louvre (€10)!

Since the museum opened on April 14, a few of its first visitors have documented their experience. French newspaper 20 Minutes has a smattering of images and YouTube user "bsyphillis" shot a couple videos of the museum's console displays (embedded after the break), both enticing us to skip out on this whole "Joystiq thing" and hop a plane to France this evening. Even if you're not so into video games (wait, why are you reading this site?), La Grande Arche offers some fairly impressive views of the city, making it significant other/family-friendly. If you visit, feel free to buy us a totally sweet t-shirt.

Source 1 - 20 Minutes
Source 2 - YouTube

[Via GoNintendo]

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JoystiqParis has a new video game museum originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>artDSgame-museumla-grande-arche-de-la-defensela-musee-du-jeu-videole-louvreMicrosoftmuseumNintendoWiiXbox-360Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Smithsonian exhibit 'The Art of Video Games' opens in 2012]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/08/smithsonian-exhibit-the-art-of-video-games-opens-in-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/08/smithsonian-exhibit-the-art-of-video-games-opens-in-2012/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/08/smithsonian-exhibit-the-art-of-video-games-opens-in-2012/#comments From March 16, 2012 until September 9, 2012, the US's popular Smithsonian museum will be showcasing something patrons aren't used to seeing in such an environment: video games. Sure, we've seen video game art exhibitions before, but the Smithsonian exhibit will attempt to be "the first to examine comprehensively the evolution of video games themselves as an artistic medium."

The exhibit, The Art of Video Games, will feature game footage, video interviews with artists and game developers, a history of game consoles and even a few consoles for visitors to play. The museum will also welcome suggestions from attendees and tap Chris Melissinos as guest curator for the exhibit. Our first suggestion for the Smithsonian: hit up Krix for some of his amazing props.

[Thanks, MowDownJoe]

JoystiqSmithsonian exhibit 'The Art of Video Games' opens in 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>artculturemuseumsmithsonianthe-art-of-video-gamesTue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Joystiq visits: FunSpot & The American Classic Arcade Museum]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/28/joystiq-visits-funspot-and-the-american-classic-arcade-museum/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/28/joystiq-visits-funspot-and-the-american-classic-arcade-museum/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/28/joystiq-visits-funspot-and-the-american-classic-arcade-museum/#comments New Hampshire may be synonymous with annual biker rallies and kick starting Presidential primaries, but in our industry it's known as the mecca for classic video games. FunSpot, home of the American Classic Arcade Museum, sits comfortably near Laconia, New Hampshire, a small town that welcomes families looking for a wholesome adventure away from home -- and droves of gaming enthusiasts, of course.

The American Classic Arcade Museum is a non-profit organization committed to the promotion and preservation of coin-operated games and their associated history. The museum acts as the first floor to the three-storey mecca called FunSpot, established in 1952 by Bob Lawton and named "Largest Arcade in the World" by Guinness World Records in 2008. We recently had an opportunity to tour the giant complex, which sports a bingo hall, mini-golf, 20 lanes of 10-pin bowling, and over 300 arcade machines ranging from the first coin-op to modern day Daytona racers.

Check out the highlights of our visit after the break, and make it a point to stop by the place if you're ever in Laconia. It's the only safe way to travel back in time.

Gallery: FunSpot / American Classic Arcade Museum

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JoystiqJoystiq visits: FunSpot & The American Classic Arcade Museum originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We'd wager that the first time the gaming community collectively booted up Running With Scissors' Gary Coleman-rich urination sim, Postal 2, we all shared the same thought: that this game absolutely needs to be showcased in some sort of museum commemorating mankind's greatest accomplishments. If memory serves, many of the title's reviews included similar sentiments.

Finally, that observation is being realized. Sweden's Nobel Museum, whose galleries are littered with installations denoting the achievements of Nobel laureates (as well as the life of the prize's progenitor, Alfred Nobel), will be including Postal 2 in a new exhibit titled "Freedom of Speech: How Free is Free?" The game will be included in a section that focuses on censorship in the video game industry. We're really happy such an exhibit exists; we just wish they'd picked a ... well, a good controversial game.

JoystiqPostal 2 to be featured in Nobel Prize museum originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Dana Centre, part of the Science Museum in London, will host an event on the 26th called "Play Away the Calories" which is centered around a certain exercise-based game. That's right: Super Team Games Wii Fit. Exercise expert Tim Cable will speak and will also measure calories burned during Wii Play sessions versus other exercises, and versus normal video games. Other speakers will discuss the obesity problem and the history of health-conscious gaming. Attendees will also get a chance to step onto the Balance Board and try out Wii Fit.

We think we can already predict favorable results for the experiment, thanks to Nintendo's sponsorship of the event. It still sounds like an interesting exhibit, and it's at least an opportunity to play Wii Fit if you happen to be in town.

JoystiqWii Fit to be tested at London's Science Museum originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Going to the science museum? Boring. Going to the science museum to play video games? Excellent! At least that's what we took away from an Orlando Sentinel article on The Orlando Science Center's third annual Otronicon gaming event.

The conference, which just closed to the public, brought in a record 3,000 game players on Saturday as part of an expected 18,000 attendees total. The throng did more than just play over 100 displayed games, though -- they attended exhibits focused on the therapeutic benefits of gaming, workshops on game development and even performances by the Orlando Magic dancers (the last of which we can only assume was somehow game-related).

Though the event is now closed to the public, some lucky youngsters will get to attend school field trips to the event over the next few days, which makes us extremely jealous. The best field trip we took in grade school was to the box factory. Or was that The Simpsons? We can't remember, honestly.

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CONFIRMED: Namco Museum Remix continues to be insane. Not that we expected them to, but Namco did not go back and change Galaga back to regular Galaga. We are still living in a world where a description of Galaga can include the phrase "Pac-Man rolls on a tube in outer space."

This is the "new" Galaga in which, instead of shooting from a ship at the bottom of the screen, you shoot the alien ships by pointing and shooting at them with the Wiimote, shooting-gallery style, and you can also use the analog stick to make Pac-Man jump.

Rally-X was still Rally-X, but with speed boosting, which seems like an okay addition. These were still the only two playable games, so we'll have to wait to see how Namco is ruining updating the rest of their classics.

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We've seen countless releases of the Namco Museum collections over the years. We remember feeling quite special about the Playstation versions-- they were the real versions of real arcade games! At home! But now the Namco Museum series is, itself, old. How old?

Valkyrie no Densetsu (1989) was eight years old when it was released on Namco Museum Vol. 5. The original Namco Museum Playstation game is eleven years old. In other words, Namco Museum is now older, in relative terms, than a game that was old enough for Namco Museum.

Speaking of the Playstation editions, the new Namco Museum DS has something not seen since those days: an actual museum mode, in the form of a trophy collection and music player, as well as scanned instructions and flyers.

Relatively newer features include bottom-screen maps and hints for Galaga (?), Xevious, and The Tower of Druaga. Of course, the most exciting relatively-new thing is Pac-Man Vs., which, now that it won't require so much of a financial outlay, we may actually try with another person.

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Game|Life's Chris Kohler played the wacky reinterpretation of Galaga found on the new Namco Museum Remix, and somehow came out of it cogent enough to describe the surreal experience. Basically, Pac-Man is rolling down a slide in space, for some reason, and players have to protect him by shooting the Galaga ships that come down to attack him for some reason. You aim at the little ships with the Wiimote pointer. If Galaga '88 was Galactic Dancing, this is Galactic-- okay, we don't know what it is. We're still pretty confused about the whole idea.

Kohler also played Rally-X, which was basically a 3D remake of the original arcade game (which itself is basically Pac-Man). While Galaga is rife with Wiimote integration, Rally-X is more staid and relies on the analog stick and shoulder buttons.

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The major complaint about Namco's Museum series of retro compilations is that they're just too faithful to their arcade counterparts. People don't want exact arcade translations anymore, they want games remade unrecognizably in 3D! They want Pac-Man randomly inserted into every game!

At least, that seems to be Namco Bandai's thinking. Either that or they weren't sure how else to rerelease games they're already selling on the Virtual Console. The result is Namco Museum Remix, a set of Namco classics, now with more waggle, depth, and Pac! The remixed games include Galaga, Pac-Motos, Rally-X, Gator Panic, and Pac 'n Roll, which is apparently a classic now despite not even being two years old. For that matter, Gator Panic seems to be based on a cell phone game which is itself based on the Whack-a-Mole like redemption game, and we have no idea what Pac-Motos was originally. Interesting what passes for "classics" these days!

In addition to the remixes, the collection includes Cutie Q, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Gaplus, Mappy, Pac & Pal, Pac-Mania, Super Pac-Man, and Xevious. We poke fun at Namco for selling the same games over and over again, but this is an okay selection of somewhat less common stuff! Sorry to everyone who bought NES Xevious on the Virtual Console.

Check out our gallery of screens from the remixed games. Some are faithful, like Rally-X, and others are completely incomprehensible, like the image at the top of this post, which is supposed to be Galaga.

Gallery: Namco Museum Remix

JoystiqNamco goes insane after too many Namco Museum releases originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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During those short six days that one could just walk up to and check out the Nintendo Museum, given that this one individual lived in Osaka, Japan, one such lucky attendee took some video of his undoubtedly fun time spent within the museum. He even brushes shoulders (perhaps quite literally) with one of Nintendo's head honchos. We won't ruin who it is, because you really need to see this video for yourself.

Check it out past the post break.

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JoystiqThe Nintendo Museum: a video tour originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Anyone who has gone near the Hankyu Department Store in Osaka, Japan recently might have noticed something strange. See, the store held a six-day "Nintendo Museum" as part of its celebration of being in business for 100 years. Of course, people showed up by the boatload to the museum event, both young and old, causing us to be filled with great anger towards our HQ right now (why can't it be in Japan?!). Then again, it's probably best that we didn't attend, because we're not sure how much jail time one would serve for trying to run out of the store with arms full of Game & Watch handhelds, but we're sure it's definitely enough time in the slammer.

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JoystiqNintendo museum comes and goes originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Think you're a hardcore Nintendo fan? Prove it. Book a plane ticket to Osaka, Japan, then beat cheeks to the Hankyu Department Store to see its "Nintendo Museum" exhibit. Also, create a time machine, because it's over.

Don't have the cash for the plane ticket? On the outs with Doc Brown? Thankfully, 1UP was on hand to allow you to vicariously nerd out.

Checking out the piece may also help you build a little geek cred, too. The next time your buddy tries to impress the moderately cute girl in the Zelda T-shirt at Hot Topic by telling her that Nintendo started as a playing card company, imagine referencing "Chiritori, the remote-controlled mini-vacuum cleaner." Oooh ... sick burn.

JoystiqNintendo museum opens in Japanese department store originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've talked a little about incorporating the bevy of features available in current games, and we've discussed the idea of the DS as the next-generation book, but we haven't spent much time talking about something that is quite often mentioned in tandem with the DS: all of the non-gaming-related possibilities. We've seen some of this, but the phenomenon has been largely exclusive to Japan. The DS has been used in museums, and a number of language-training edutainment titles have been designed for the system. So our question today is: what other creative, non-gaming uses (besides the browser) could you see for the DS, and is it something you'd really go for? Certainly homebrew fills some of those possibilities, but we know a lot of you aren't into that (for various reasons). So if you had to spend money on it, would you use the DS in other capacities?

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Not for the first time, the DS is helping out at museums in Japan by offering patrons a chance to hold fine art in their hands. This time, visitors to the M.C. Escher show at Shibuya's Bunkamura entertainment complex were handed customized DS Lites that offered interactive content only a touch away. The DS content included floor maps, audio tours, and actual reproductions of the artworks themselves, so that patrons could zoom in for the fine details. Escher's unusual works probably don't need any help when it comes to being interesting, but the inclusion of a DS would certainly make any art exhibit more fun -- and more personalized, which is something trips to the museum often lack.

JoystiqDS as tour guide originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Are games art? Sony wants you to think so. They've commissioned a new project that highlight PSP players as pieces of art. Seriously. "Six students from Design Products, Industrial Design Engineering and Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art have designed a landscape of concept furniture derived from the statue-like forms of people sitting, standing or leaning against walls engaged in playing the PlayStation Portable (PSP)."

How do you play? Do you look like you belong in a museum?

[Via PSP Vault]

JoystiqPlaying PSP, as art originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember back when we reported that different Japanese museums would be using the DS as a guide for their attendees? Well, one fine blogger recently went to one of said museums and documented the efficiency of the communion between museum and DS.

With access points set up in every room, the DS automatically downloads data pertaining to all of the exhibits in the room, allowing the user to go through the menus to find information on whichever piece excites them the most. Seeing how well this has worked for one blogger, we'd like to see this make its way out of Japan to other territories, as well.

JoystiqDS as a tour guide documented originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While not featuring games for attendees, the DS Lite is still helping mankind by acting as a tour guide for those attending select museums in Japan. A good move for Nintendo, the console is now able to get into the hands of more people and increase exposure, however we're not sure they can even increase exposure that much in Japan due to the country's rabid obsession with the handheld.

[Via QJ]

JoystiqDS Lite used to guide museum denizens originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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