Andrew Derringer Review of Experience Music Project
I'm a big museum fan, and I was particularly excit...
I'm a big museum fan, and I was particularly excited about one as unique as MoPoP. The themes of their exhibits were great, but I left feeling that few had the depth I was hoping to find. The sections dedicated to Horror, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi all had a decent amount of props, but I was hoping to learn something about the history of these genres including major events and progression over time. Mostly it just showed the prop and a picture of it in action during a movie. The Indie gaming exhibits was the most disappointing. I learned nothing about the major events in game development history, and very little of what brought about indie game development specifically. There were many interesting games available to play, but about a fourth of the screens were white with no way to interact or restart the consoles. The only sections that I felt lived up to my favorite museum experiences were the Nirvana exhibit and the Sound Studio where you could learn the basics of instruments first hand and try them out.
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