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Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
A major exhibition that explored the design and culture of contemporary videogames
Superb…a force for change ★★★★★
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Exhibition closed
- Exhibition ran from 8 September 2018 to 24 February 2019
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This exhibition provided a unique insight into the design process behind a selection of groundbreaking contemporary videogames. Design work including concept art and prototypes featured alongside large-scale immersive installations and interactives.
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Game screenshot, how do you Do it?, 2014. Freeman, Butler, Kittaka, Coss.
League of Legends, Worlds 2017. Riot Games.
Kentucky Route Zero. Courtesy of Cardboard Computer
Character sketch, The Last of Us ™ © 2013, 2014, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. The Last of Us is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Created and developed by Naughty Dog LLC.
Blue Sky Concept, The Last of Us ™ © 2013, 2014 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. The Last of Us is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Created and developed by Naughty Dog LLC.
Screenshot, Journey ™ © 2012, 2014 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Journey is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Developed by Thatgamecompany.
Character sketches, Journey ™ © 2012, 2014 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Journey is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Developed by Thatgamecompany.
Splatoon © 2015 Nintendo
Le Blanc Seing, 1965 by Rene Magritte. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington
No Man's Sky - ™/© 2016 Hello Games Ltd. Developed by Hello Games Ltd. All rights reserved
Arcade Backpack, UCLA Game Lab (Photo by Robin Baumgarten)
Vox the Dog + Overwatch by Blizzard Entertainment. Image courtesy of Taylor Creighton
Winterfell, Westeroscraft. © Minecraft
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About the Videogames exhibition
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PLAY: new videogame commissions
Play these three commissioned videogames by leading international independent designers
DESIGN: how to make a videogame
All the tools you need to make your very own videogame
DISRUPT: critical conversations on videogames
Challenging the way we perceive videogames today
DISRUPT: simple controller hacks with Louie from Bar SK
Follow these tutorials to make a bespoke controller
DESIGN: 'The Last of Us' and the post-apocalypse by Darran Anderson
"It is one of the paradoxes of living in a relatively affluent society that we dream so much of our destruction"
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Background image: Design by Hato