[game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] December 2009

[Stuart Feldhamer]

Hey Andrew,

 

You accidentally wrote "Great Dana Sisters" instead of "Great Giana
Sisters". You must have had dogs on your mind. J

 

Stuart

 

From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Armstrong
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:51 PM
To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG
Subject: [game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] December 2009

 

The IGDA site is still being sorted. This means, yes, it is functional to
join our group <http://www.igda.org/preservation> , but the speed of the
forums and site is still a little wanting. We also don't have a functional
blog RSS feed, since it appears to go to the (single) general IGDA one, so
the blog posts <http://www.igda.org/og/archives/3872>  (which need the old
site's re-importing) are hard to get by themselves. 


Preservation SIG November/December 2009 Work 


I'm late posting this so, well, we have some action from December mainly.
The first thing, from November, is that the American Journal of Play
<http://www.americanjournalofplay.org/>  published the SIG white paper
"Before
<http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_La
te:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper>  It's Too Late: A Digital Game
Preservation White Paper", which is great. Hopefully it'll be a good read
for those subscribed to it. 

Secondly, the IGDA Memorials <http://wiki.igda.org/Memorials>  project has
been updated to, with many new entries from recently and past deceased, some
with biographies (although we are still looking for entries for most). There
were also minor edits applied (incorporating feedback over The Great Dana
Sisters being an instant classic for instance). Under the hood me and Devin
are getting more organised, knowing what needs some work and what is
complete internally - if you know of anyone who is missing from the project,
or if any information is incorrect, please contact memorials - at - igda.org


Finally, there is Devin Monnens sending
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-December/001535.ht
ml>  out a survey related to the Videogame
<http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Videogame_Museums,_Archives,_Dis
plays_and_Collections>  Museums, Archives, Displays and Collections project
(which I really should have renamed ages ago into something less of a
mouthful!). If you know of one not listed, contacted, or want to provide
information yourself, please email him, this is a great project to get off
the ground since we're in a position to provide the information in one
location. 

If you are interested in helping the SIG work you can handily volunteer for
some projects <http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG> , or create
your own if something is missing! 


Future Work for December 2009 


I didn't get around to re-evaluating the projects, however this is something
I do intend to do. The ongoing work by Devin will continue on his survey,
and we will aim to complete more memorials when we have time. 


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 has some replacement
for it, which won't be anytime soon. 

November
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/thread.ht
ml>  had discussions
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001473.ht
ml>  about free game preservation (Internet Archive collection hopefully
coming at some point!), and few listings of memorials (Leland
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001481.ht
ml>  P. Cook, Jr., Armin
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001469.ht
ml>  Gessert, Don
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001461.ht
ml>  Ivan Punchatz), with good discussion on the biography aspect for Armin
Gessert, and what it means to be an "instant classic" (oxymoronic statement?
overused? not applicable here in any case? probably was all 3, so it got
changed!). 

There was some technical discussions on MP3's
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001483.ht
ml>  and MAME's
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001487.ht
ml>  decapping project. Finally there was a new exhibit at Austin
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001462.ht
ml>  Airport and some Retro
<http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001482.ht
ml>  Half-Life 2 machinima posted :) Thanks to all who contribute! a cookie
for you all! 

I'll get to Decembers posts in January, with a more timely newsletter. ;) 


Preservation SIG Blog Updates / Links 


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

*	Memorials
<http://www.igda.org/preservation/memorials-don-ivan-punchatz-leland-p-cook-
jr-and-robert-holdstock>  for Don Ivan Punchatz, Leland P. Cook Jr. and
Robert Holdstock 
*	Memorials
<http://www.igda.org/preservation/memorials-scott-heckenlively-and-armin-ges
sert>  for Scott Heckenlively and Armin Gessert 
*	Videogame
<http://www.igda.org/preservation/videogame-archive-exhibit-opens-austin-air
port>  Archive Exhibit Opens at the Austin Airport 


Final Thoughts 


Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year at this turn of the decade
(which no doubt us historians will likely have to call the "naughties",
*shudder*), or if you don't celebrate either I hope you have better weather
then the UK! :) 

Andrew Armstrong 

IGDA Game Preservation SIG Site/Blog editor 

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