Following on the heals of The Smithsonian announcing their upcoming “Art of Video Games” exhibit, some SF nerds are looking to build a video game museum along the BART corridor.  From MADE's Kickstarter page:

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) needs a space in the San Francisco Bay Area. All funds raised here will be used exclusively for the rent and utilities associated with a ~1000 sq ft space near BART for 6 months to a year, depending on the rent we find. Additional funds will keep the space open longer.

A space will enable us to showcase videogame artifacts and educate the public about the artistry, craftsmanship and inspiration that go into the creation of videogames and digital works
of art.

Best of all, they want to have a bunch of old, playable games in the museum, which means this will be like Alameda's Pacific Pinball Museum, only full of Atari games that you haven't played in 25 years.  The only drawback to MADE's proposal is that they are looking for the cheapest rent possible, be it somewhere on Market St. or somewhere in Oakland.  So, yeah, if there's any Supervisors reading this (ha!), maybe you guys should court MADE for mid-market instead of giving Twitter a financial reach around.

Anyway, enough mid-market politics.  If you'd like to see a full-on video game museum somewhere in the Bay Area, head over to Kickstarter and give 'em all your money.