The Smithsonian American Art Museum will have an exhibit called The Art of Video Games. It will feature a selected group of games that best represents the history and evolution of video games over the last forty years. The kicker was that the Smithsonian left the selecting of games up to the public, who were encouraged to vote for the games they felt were worthy enough to be displayed in the museum. Here are the games that voters have selected to appear in the exhibit.

Fubiz has just posted an awesome graphic depicting the evolution of Nintendo’s most popular characters. Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong are shown in every generation’s incarnation from the early arcade/NES days right up to their detailed Smash Bros. Brawl models. There are a few oddities (Donkey Kong appears in his Mario Kart form, yet Mario more »