It wasn’t just old games – right next door, I sat down and played the entirety of The Stanley Parable, a game I’ve always wanted to try.pic.twitter.com/pdMsgBkiWO
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I was also delighted to find a station with ELIZA (which I just talked about at a conference!) – it was particularly interesting to come back to it once in a while and see what other people typed:pic.twitter.com/gNY17yMNRt
The museum also understood that videogames are just a small part of the larger history of gaming – see, for example, this postcard turn-by-turn game of chess:pic.twitter.com/7XA3uNjCme
And then, there was also a goofy huge joystick you could even step on (remove your shoes first!) to play… YES. The Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. Which was hilarious and PERFECT.pic.twitter.com/aSjQKWZPkm
There were also nods to where we were, with German accents all around:pic.twitter.com/RKOBYArpeL
Not to mention Poly Play – “the first and only videogame machine produced in the former GDR.” Of course, you could also run with it. Which I did. Spoiler: It’s *really* bad.pic.twitter.com/fZefSQm7V8
Or this early prototype of a driving game with a moving cabinet that was still working! (And actually scared me a bit, as it was much more articulated than I expected.)pic.twitter.com/b2oZqr4rJP
And speaking of playfulness with the UI: Many of the stations with simple information or videos were controlled using joysticks…pic.twitter.com/FHT3XJ1w0U
…and vice versa, many of the games were played using keyboards, an admission that was refreshing to see.pic.twitter.com/wZ8iP6D2cb
Overall, I was so impressed with the amount of respect and effort dedicated to the universe of gaming.pic.twitter.com/wX5TxqMzs5
Sure, you could come and spend an hour just having fun, but it wasn’t very hard to look around and gain something more: a profound appreciation for videogames as a whole.
There was so much creativity here, and many museums could learn from that. Whether you’re a museum, or just a regular human being: check it out if you’re ever in Berlin! http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/
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