Game Changers
1/28/22 – 4/24/22
Get your game on! Discover how innovation has shaped the video game industry. Game Changers takes you on a fascinating journey, exploring the past and uncovering the future of gaming.
The exhibit examines how the intersection of audio, storytelling, graphics, and gameplay creates the immersive environment of current video gaming systems.
Live the video game evolution from memorable Pong to the photorealistic, immersive games of today
Explore over 120 of the most influential games that have transformed the gaming scene, and test your skills with 16 games that have significantly changed the gaming experience, including Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Angry Birds, Space Invaders, Flower, and Adventure.
PLAY
- Step inside a game and become a video game character - using Kinect technology, try out different costumes and accessories from your favorite characters
- Create your own 8-bit character on a large-scale pixel wall
- Play a game developed for people with vision loss, and discover how the gaming experience changes when the graphics are removed
- Working with a partner, operate a supersized NES controller to play a game of Super Mario Bros
- Play Tetris on a giant Game Boy
- Play a sound-matching game and test your knowledge of retro video game music
LEARN
- Discover original concept art, storyboards, level designs, and scripts of some of the most influential games ever developed
- Listen to experts from the industry explain how they develop the games you love
- Explore iconic video game music and sound to learn how it has changed the gaming experience
EXPLORE
- Explore the technologies that game creators use to develop increasingly sophisticated storylines, graphics, gameplay, and audio
- Experiment with augmented reality and virtual reality and see how these technologies may alter the gaming experience
- Examine future video game trends and imagine what gaming could be!
Game Changers is a traveling exhibition developed and produced by the Canada Science and Technology Museum and managed by Science North in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Electronic Arts.
The Game Changers exhibit is sponsored locally by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, the MS Museum of Natural Science Foundation, Feild Cooperative Association, Sanderson Farms, Inc., The Walker Foundation, H.F. McCarty Jr. Family Foundation, W.A. Taylor Foundation, and other generous sponsors.
