[game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] December 2009

[Andrew Armstrong]

Oops, I'll edit the wiki and blog post. Considering I re-read part of 
the thread, and recently edited that same memorial itself, something 
just didn't click I guess!

Andrew

Stuart Feldhamer wrote:

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> Hey Andrew,

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> You accidentally wrote "Great Dana Sisters" instead of "Great Giana 

> Sisters". You must have had dogs on your mind. J

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> Stuart

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> *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

>

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> 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 It's Too Late: A Digital Game Preservation White 

> Paper 

> <http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_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 out a survey 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-December/001535.html> 

> related to the Videogame Museums, Archives, Displays and Collections 

> <http://wiki.igda.org/Game_Preservation_SIG/Videogame_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!

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>       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.

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>       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.html> 

> had discussions about free game preservation 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001473.html> 

> (Internet Archive collection hopefully coming at some point!), and few 

> listings of memorials (Leland P. Cook, Jr. 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001481.html>, 

> Armin Gessert 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001469.html>, 

> Don Ivan Punchatz 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001461.html>), 

> 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.html> 

> and MAME's decapping project 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001487.html>. 

> Finally there was a new exhibit at Austin Airport 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001462.html> 

> and some Retro Half-Life 2 machinima 

> <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-November/001482.html> 

> posted :) Thanks to all who contribute! a cookie for you all!

>

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

>

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>       Preservation SIG Blog Updates / Links

>

> /Have I missed anything this month? Then email it in to 

> preservation_news @ igda.org !/

>

>     * Memorials for Don Ivan Punchatz, Leland P. Cook Jr. and Robert

>       Holdstock

>       <http://www.igda.org/preservation/memorials-don-ivan-punchatz-leland-p-cook-jr-and-robert-holdstock>

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>     * Memorials for Scott Heckenlively and Armin Gessert

>       <http://www.igda.org/preservation/memorials-scott-heckenlively-and-armin-gessert>

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>     * Videogame Archive Exhibit Opens at the Austin Airport

>       <http://www.igda.org/preservation/videogame-archive-exhibit-opens-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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