Science Museum
We went to the Science Museum this morning, and their exhibition of the history of computer games. Quite good fun as all are playable, although computer games aren't like films in the sense that old films are often better than new ones - although the old games are fun for a while, their limitations (in terms of graphics, gameplay, etc) are really glaring*. Still, they had a good collection (most of which you can now play on PCs through emulation), including a Bullet Train simulation game, which was novel, if rather limited (accelerate, brake, whoops I've missed the station). They also had the new PS3 and Wii, which both looked rather special, though I didn't dare attempt to muscle the hoards of children out of the way to have a go.* I tried to explain to a 14-yr old son of a friend of mine how we used to play computer games. It stumbled on his not knowing what a cassette tape was, let alone the idea that it might load for 5 mins and then crash.
Then we had lunch in The Greyhound in Battersea, which was better than your average pub food. By the way the prices in that review are wrong - it's now only £15 for 2 courses and £18 for 3.
Labels: Food/drink
posted by Matthew @ 1/07/2007 07:03:00 PM
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