Rome, July 2 (askanews) – The National Cinema Museum in Turin has inaugurated Video Game Zone, one of the first permanent areas in Italy and the world entirely dedicated to video games within a museum. After the rooms dedicated to VR, the Museum opens up to new languages also to broaden the audience and show the increasingly strong connection between video games, cinema and TV. The route allows the visitor to immerse themselves in the world of video games with a montage of films and TV series that have cited, paid homage to or have been inspired by video games and gaming culture: from Tron to War Games – Giochi di Guerra, from Super Mario Bros to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, from Stranger Things to The Last of Us. Four audio-video stations then show the intros, trailers and other materials that tell the story of the production process up to the introduction of motion capture and live action segments. And in display cases there are concept art and notes, sketches and design documents from the various narrative universes. Among the materials on display, there are also props used for the live action segments of Alan Wake II. The Museum has in fact undertaken an acquisition campaign linked to the world of gaming, which is not limited to the playable version but includes rare and unpublished production and game design materials that will be exhibited on rotation. The first batch of acquisitions includes titles such as “Assassin’s Creed Mirage”, “Final Fantasy VII” and “Prince of Persia”. Set up in a chapel in the heart of the Mole Antonelliana, the new area is curated by Domenico De Gaetano, director of the Cinema Museum, and Fabio Viola, and in collaboration with the University of Turin.
