August 22, 2012
Sophie-Ntombikayise, by Mary Sibande
Now that the Spencer Museum of Art at Kansas University has finally reopened after its water-main-break-induced closure, visitors will be greeted by someone new.
Ian Stepp remembers visiting his aunt’s house as a kid, where he’d play classic games like Duck Hunt and iterations of the Mario Brothers saga on the family’s trusty old Nintendo Entertainment System. Now pushing 30, Stepp is still a fan of the now-classic video games that in recent years have spawned a thriving culture and industry capitalizing on the nostalgia of grownups who coveted Nintendo game systems as kids in the 1980s and 90s.
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