Guinness World Records recently held an online poll asking gamers to vote for their favorite video game characters of all time.

We somehow completely missed this poll, but 13,000 other gamers did not.

Well, for good or bad, the results are in.

“The Art of Video Games” is an exhibition that will debut in the Smithsonian Art Museum on the 16th of March of 2012, and end on the 30th of September of that year.

It will explore the “40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking visual effects, the creative use of new technologies, and the most influential artists and designers.”

From the 14th of February (two days ago) through the 7th of April, 2011, you can vote for a maximum of 80 games from a pool of 240 proposed choices, divided by era, platform, and genre, to help select games that will be included in the exhibition.