The mix of pixelated images and hand drawn elements collaged together really interested me.
The exhibition was even better. I assumed it would just show retro games and artwork used to promote them. However, it showed the meteoric rise in gaming over the past 30 years. It was a huge contrast to see the simplistic pixelated graphics as seen in very early video games compared with ones today.
It showed how the consoles themselves have changed and been developed, it was interesting to see how different they are today. There were a range of retro posters and advertisements which show how differently games are marketed today.
The exhibition also showed the darker side of gaming. The increase in violent video games which never fail to cause controversy. There were also newspaper articles and medical reports describing the psychological affect of games and how people can become addicted to them and lose focus of the divide between reality and fiction.
I absolutely loved this exhibition. I love exhibitions which are interactive and you can get involved with and I look forward to similar exhibitions in the future.
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