[game_preservation] Digital Game Canon page expansion

[Andrew Armstrong]

I can't believe I forgot about them, especially the /Zork/ one! (I have 
read them both)

Hurriedly added! I'll probably make (mostly blank) pages for each of the 
Canon entries tonight, thanks a lot for the information.

Andrew

Simon Carless wrote:

> We also have Spacewar:

>

> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1433/down_the_hyperspatial_tube_.php

>

> ...and Zork:

>

> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1499/the_history_of_zork.php

>

> ...'official' histories on Gamasutra.com <http://Gamasutra.com>

>

> We also have Star Raiders and (hopefully!) Sensible World Of Soccer 

> allegedly coming soon.

>

> Regards,

> Simon.

> [Publisher, Gamasutra.]

>

> On 7/30/07, *Andrew Armstrong* <andrew at aarmstrong.org 

> <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org> > wrote:

>

>     Hey all,

>

>     For the Digital Game Canon page I've added what I can find out:

>     http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Digital_Game_Canon

>

>     However, I basically don't have the information for the reasons

>     behind

>     each game being chosen. I've found a few mentions (see the articles I

>     added at the end of the page) but no real concrete what happened

>     at GDC.

>     I don't know if this is important, but its a very opinionated

>     thing anyway.

>

>     I actually think having the Digital Game Canon page have a set of

>     subpages for each game (so information can be collected for them

>     there,

>     which could go into many more areas for each game unlike other Wiki's

>     and sites might, and at the very least list what the SIG is doing for

>     the game) rather then what I have put there so far. This will

>     happen, if

>     there is other information to make it worthwhile.

>

>     I also guess this will be a regular thing each year? (Is it?) and

>     I also

>     have no idea about the other aspects (Congress Library, progress with

>     the games history documenting and media retrieval if any). I am

>     happy to

>     add all the information I can to the wiki.

>

>     Otherwise, I will start to make new pages similar to the other

>     SIG's. I

>     presume that since there is low/very individual activity, there isn't

>     any meetings (conference call, online or otherwise) to document,

>     and no

>     other projects being worked on that need to be put up, but if

>     there is,

>     anyone can email me and I'll help add it.

>

>     One other thing; I don't know the history of the SIG, which since

>     it is

>     a SIG based on history, might be very worthwhile to add at some point!

>

>     Andrew

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