[game_preservation] game_preservation Digest, Vol 26, Issue 20

[Captain Commando]

Glad to see you on the project! And remember I still have the
bubbl.usmindweb project for the white paper. Use IGDASIG/preservation
or create a
new account and share it!

Chris, I also posted a response to your R-Type article (actually
double-posted on accident >.<).

-DM

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>
wrote:


>  Fine, fine. :)

>

> Check the archives to find out some recent discussions - you'll see we

> discuss a lot of random stuff on game history. Since IGDA membership isn't

> required for joining any of the SIG's or helping them, you might not know

> about our IGDA wiki and main pages:

>

> http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG (projects are documented

> here, along with resource lists)

> http://www.igda.org/preservation/ (where I post a variety of article and

> interesting links. The layout sucks, it'll change eventually)

>

> The wiki has the main projects we intend to start in the coming years.

> This whitepaper is a priority and is based on the "Importance of archival

> work", so why recording videogame history is important. Next year, it'll be

> work on a whitepaper on *how *to achieve this in a variety of ways :-)

>

> Any interest in anything on the projects list (and this still goes for you

> lurkers!) email me or Henry Lowood about it or post here. The whitepaper

> isn't even in draft form, so any ideas on what should go into it, before any

> meetings are held between everyone feel free to post them (I myself

> contribute links and other articles to check rather then content, heh).

>

> Andrew

>

> Julia Brasil wrote:

>

> Hi Chris!

>

> Welcome to the mailing list! Your article was very interesting and I'm

> glad you decided to join us! We are currently working on ideas for the 2008

> Whitepaper which would work as a goal statement for the SIG and touch on the

> issues regarding game history. Also, we were considering having a monthly

> newsletter like some of the other SIGs, any of which would more than welcome

> your assistance.

>

> I probably forgot something, being new here myself, but I'm sure Andrew

> will come about and greet your properly.

>

> ~Julia

>

>

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Chris Lepine <chris at artfulgamer.com>

> wrote:

>

> >  Hi folks, I'd just like to introduce myself to the list. Andrew invited

> > me to check out the mailing list and see if I can contribute something to

> > the Game Preservation projects. Thanks for the comments on the article -

> > although it is quite sketchy (at best) since I could not go into much depth

> > with some of the problems I introduce there.

> >

> >  If there's anything I can contribute in terms of writing or research -

> > especially in the realm of video/computer game history - I'd be happy to. In

> > future years I intend to teach a couple of courses on the history and

> > psychology of video/computer games and narrative, so anything I can do now

> > is always helpful prep work for the future.

> >

> >  Cheers!

> > - Chris

> >

> >   *http://www.artfulgamer.com* <http://www.artfulgamer.com/>

> >

> > *'in search of the poetic and lyrical in video games...'*

> >

> >

> >  Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:02:24 -0600

> > From: "Captain Commando" <evilcowclone at gmail.com>

> > Subject: Re: [game_preservation] 2008 Whitepaper

> > To: "IGDA Game Preservation SIG" <game_preservation at igda.org>

> > Message-ID:

> >  <b96706b70804281202j4b9ec7e1ka8ebbeea251a476 at mail.gmail.com>

> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

> >

> >  I agree - definitely a good resource. Let's see if he's interested in

> > contributing. Heck, lots of great material on this blog, too.

> >

> >  -DM

> >

> >  On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Andrew Armstrong <

> > andrew at aarmstrong.org>

> > wrote:

> >

> >  On the topic of the whitepaper, I forgot about this (mostly recent)

> > post

> > by Chris at the Artful Gamer titled: "Revitalizing Dead Culture: Why

> > Game

> > History Matters". Find it here:

> >

> > http://www.artfulgamer.com/2008/04/22/revitalizing-dead-culture-why-game-history-matters/.

> > I finally read it today :)

> >

> >  (Perhaps he might be interested in helping the whitepaper too?)

> >

> >  Finding other written existing resources relating to the whitepaper and

> > looking at them is a necessity - can anyone contribute any more?

> >

> >  Andrew

> >

> >

> >

> >

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