Let's All Go to the Video Game Museum

i harp about video games as an artform constantly on this channel. but if games are art, where are the museums? to answer that, we'll explore the vibrant intersection of video games and art preservation — if nintendo doesn't immediately order a takedown of this video, anyway.

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TRACKLIST (in order of appearance):
Crystal Is Still - Arvi Teikari
Water Is Sink - Arvi Teikari
Schoolyard Strangler - scntfc
Impostor Syndrome - C418
Smooth Fall - C418
O.R.B - A.L.I.S.O.N
Elevator Music 01 - Unreleased Mass Effect OST
27 - Hanz
Ward - C418
Mantis (Explore) - Ben Prunty
Stickerbrush Symphony - David Wise
Internet Settings - 3DS Menu Music OST
Aquatic Ambience - David Wise
plate skies - The Soothing Cream





TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - intro
2:08 - the hurdles of preservation
6:06 - the uncensored library
9:59 - occupy white walls
14:33 - museum of mechanics: lockpicking
18:10 - smash bros: the video game museum
23:39 - conclusion