ENTERTAINMENT
The art of video games
March 18, 2012
March 18, 2012
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(CBS News) Video games like Space Invaders used to be confined to small screens at home and in video arcades. Not anymore, as of this past Friday. Rita Braver has the story:
They poured in the second the display opened - a celebration of video games through the years. And they definitely came to play.
But where they're playing is what's unexpected: the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"You could say video games are a great grassroots expression of culture and in some cases art in our democracy," said museum director Betsy Broun. "I guess what surprised me was just the
They poured in the second the display opened - a celebration of video games through the years. And they definitely came to play.
But where they're playing is what's unexpected: the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"You could say video games are a great grassroots expression of culture and in some cases art in our democracy," said museum director Betsy Broun. "I guess what surprised me was just the
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