[game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] September 2009

[Andrew Armstrong]

Hope everyone has had a good summer, since it appears to be now over in 
the UK :(


      Preservation SIG August 2009 Work

We have another archive listed in our contributions information 
<http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Contributions>, and work 
has begun on more encyclopaedic-based information on each institution 
(if we're not going to record this history, who is? :) ). Bibliography 
work is progressing insofar as more backend planning.

The SIG hasn't got any other ongoing projects right now, but if you are 
interested, at all, in preservation to help us with our projects 
<http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG> (and if you think 
something is missing, please tell us).


      Future Work for September 2009

There is bits and pieces to get on with, nothing planned this month.


      Mailing List Discussions

If you've not joined our mailing list 
<http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/game_preservation>, please do 
so. We've never tried using our forums it seems :) we stick to 
old-fangled email. This will eventually change when the IGDA site 
changes over - although those wanting email can still get it.

August 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/thread.html> 
had some small discussions - online DRM 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001341.html>, 
a call for some obscure footage from Gnop or Operation Desert Storm 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001346.html>, 
details on how the iPhone metadata information was indexed 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001349.html>, 
interesting info on computers self-playing games 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001351.html>, 
a game history related video 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001355.html> 
and finally a discussion on how studios dispose of prototypes and 
libraries 
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-August/001358.html>. 



      Preservation SIG Blog Updates / Links

/Have I missed anything this month? Then email it in to 
preservation_news @ igda.org !/

    * theLogBook.com's Classic Gaming Expo 2003 Footage DVD
      <http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/08/thelogbookcoms.html>

    * TNT Arcade Burns Down
      <http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/08/tnt_arcade_burn.html>

    * Multimedia Mike and Cataloguing iPhone Apps
      <http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/08/multimedia_mike.html>



      Final Thoughts

I've personally not invested as much time as I should be into the SIG, 
partially due to other IGDA things going on - make sure, if you are an 
IGDA member, to stay informed about what is happening in the org, and if 
you can, help improve it too :)

The reason for this being available before the start of September, is my 
trip to DiGRA <http://www.digra.org/> next week (start of September), 
helping to present the SIG's white paper, as well as seeing some 
fascinating talks no doubt.

Andrew Armstrong

IGDA Game Preservation SIG Site/Blog editor

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