Videogames enter the design pantheon this year, as what is perhaps the world’s most distinguished design museum, London’s 166-year-old Victoria and Albert Museum, opens its first exhibition solely dedicated to the craft. “Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt” has big-budget games produced by major studios, games cooked up in people’s bedrooms, sketches for games, an artwork that inspired a videogame, games that inspired costumes, and even games that visitors can play on the spot.
The huge V&A exhibit, sprawling across four...