{"id":114319,"date":"2020-06-18T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/365131"},"modified":"2020-06-18T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T22:02:00","slug":"minecraft-kings-quest-and-more-join-the-world-video-game-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/18\/minecraft-kings-quest-and-more-join-the-world-video-game-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft, King&#8217;s Quest, and more join the World Video Game Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four games have been selected to join the likes of <em>Microsoft Solitaire <\/em>and <em>Halo<\/em> in the Strong Museum of Play\u2019s World Video Game Hall of Fame, marking the honorary video game exhibit\u2019s fifth set of inductees.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, The Strong\u2019s panel of experts has selected <em>Bejeweled<\/em>, <em>Centipede<\/em>, <em>King\u2019s Quest<\/em>, and <em>Minecraft<\/em> from the list of 12 games nominated for consideration this year, a class that notably leans closer toward the more recent chapters of video game history thanks to <em>Bejeweled<\/em> (2001) and <em>Minecraft<\/em> (2009).<\/p>\n<p>Set up in 2015, the World Video Game Hall of Fame aims to shine the spotlight on video games that have had a significant impact on the video game industry, popular culture, or society as a whole. To date, 28 games have been added to the Hall of Fame ranging from early influential games like <em>The Legend of Zelda<\/em> or <em>Spacewar!<\/em> to more modern creations like <em>World of Warcraft.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More on this year&#8217;s additions, and the entire lineup of influential games, can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvideogamehalloffame.org\/games\">museum&#8217;s&nbsp;website<\/a>.&nbsp;<br \/> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four games have been selected to join the likes of Microsoft Solitaire and Halo in the Strong Museum of Play\u2019s World Video Game Hall of Fame, marking the honorary video game exhibit\u2019s fifth set of inductees. This time around, The Strong\u2019s panel of experts has selected Bejeweled, Centipede, King\u2019s Quest, and Minecraft from the list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}