[game_preservation] A Triumph Of Game Preservation

[Andrew Armstrong]

Well, as they say, crap!

Hmm, might be worth contacting them, this is obviously the US branch and 
all. Anyone want to take a crack at it? It's the weekend so they'd 
likely not answer till Monday, but I'm too busy this weekend (or at 
least, away from my PC) to do so.

I presume they don't just bin them and employees take them home, but 
still...that's...sad. I'll email them on Monday if no one else has by 
then. Thanks for the tipoff, I didn't check all the photos, hehe.

Andrew

Captain Commando wrote:

> RE: Sega -

>

> I'm not sure I like the looks of that post-it down there that says 'keep':

>

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/2742924930/in/set-72157606602243465/

>

> This assumes they are throwing stuff out as well.

>

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Andrew Armstrong 

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

>

>     Brilliant! Thanks a lot Chris, outstanding work. I hope he just

>     says "IGDA" if he ever mentions the SIG again though, hehehe :)

>

>     Looks like a lucky break, but who knows what we can hope to

>     achieve in the future. I reported on Sega's archive pictures today

>     <http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/the_sega_game_a.html>,

>     so there are obviously other publishers with much wider

>     collections (and not just of the physical games, as Wing

>     Commander's case shows!). Just needs some benevolence, and less

>     lawyers.

>

>     I hope Joe joins up, and thanks again Chris,

>

>     Andrew

>

>     Chris Lepine wrote:

>>     Per your suggestion Andrew, I contacted Joe Garrity of the Origin

>>     Museum and passed along a few of my thoughts. Here is his response:

>>

>>     ///

>>     I'll be happy to tell the IDGA guys the story, but I'm not sure

>>     how much good it'll do.  Our good fortune was not much more than

>>     sending an email, and a boatload of luck.  We just happened to

>>     catch Paul Barnett at a generous moment in his tenure.  He found

>>     what we did interesting, and appreciated our passion.  Our

>>     'technique' probably won't help the GP guys, but they are welcome

>>     to use our success as 'proof-of-concept' to other publishers. 

>>     Due to our lucky circumstances, I think that other publishers

>>     might be more interested in cooperating if they think, "Hmmm--if

>>     EA thinks this was a good idea..." (just as long as the other

>>     publishers are led to believe that it was EA's idea in the first

>>     place--and as long as I'm involved somehow!)  ;)

>>

>>     Like I said, we haven't developed a magic formula, or anythig. 

>>     We simply asked, and the planets were in alignment.  But

>>     acquiring the data was the easy part--distribution will be more

>>     of an issue.  The way I see it, we got the data on the good

>>     graces of Paul Barnett.  I'm sure that he told the EA suits in

>>     LA, but their legal department may only catch wind of it later.

>>     "you gave the fans WHAT?!"

>>     We were told that no code should be released, and that everything

>>     else shouldd go thru them first.  But Paul gave us a wink, and

>>     said he wants to see this stufff out--This leaves us at an

>>     empass.  I want to put some of the more juicy stuff out on the

>>     net, but I also want to respect EA's IP as well--it's their stuff

>>     after all.  There's also potential legal entanglements.  I'd hate

>>     to give the Museum a bad reputation among EA execs--everything

>>     we've worked for would be shot to pieces.  Dee the dilemma?

>>     I think the best strategy is to advertise--and then wait.  I've

>>     seen EA do some incredibly nice things for the fans if they are

>>     treated with respect.  I've also seen them crush individuals who

>>     have good intentions, but get a little snotty/cocky.  I always

>>     hated those petitions that make demands of the publisher, based

>>     solely on some kid's envy--"It's an old game and you've already

>>     made your money--why don't you just give us the scource code?!"

>>     ///

>>

>>     I'll let Joe know about the mailing list - there's a good chance

>>     he might even want to join up here. I'll be speaking to him next

>>     week, so hopefully I'll get some more details then.

>>

>>     Cheers,

>>     - Chris

>>     ---

>>     The Artful Gamer: In Search of the Lyrical and Poetic in Video Games

>>     http://www.artfulgamer.com

>>

>>>

>>>     Sure, all those suggestions are very good - you don't want to

>>>     take the 

>>>     initiative and do any of them? :) (For the archive repository,

>>>     if the 

>>>     data is all digital at the very least I am sure the Internet

>>>     Archive can 

>>>     have the majority of it in one form or another).

>>>

>>>     I am still in the process (offline) of thinking how to revamp

>>>     the wiki 

>>>     information, and these projects should be listed there along

>>>     with other 

>>>     good fansites/source of info. I can't disseminate information on

>>>     the 

>>>     wiki, it's just a poor location for it since everything is

>>>     manual, but I 

>>>     hope to get some form of DB-run site (perhaps the DGC one) which

>>>     can 

>>>     work to do the metadata and linking/searching to media side,

>>>     especially 

>>>     Archive.org things which are hopeless to search through :)

>>>

>>>     Andrew

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