[game_preservation] Long-Term Storage

[Jim Leonard]

Simon Carless wrote:

> As Henry Lowood has remarked before a few times on here - it's probably 

> the participatory history (interviewing creators) and physical ephemera 

> around the making of the game that is as - or more - important than the 

> finished product itself, which I have a strong reason to believe will be 

> preserved by hobbyists and fans - in digital/emulated form, quite often 

> - far beyond any organized or centralized attempt to do so.


I disagree about "more" important, since without the art we wouldn't 
care about the artist.  But oral record (or otherwise) is indeed just as 
important.
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