[game_preservation] GDC Report Coming Soon + FileFront shutting down

[Devin Monnens]

I'll also add to the list that the issue of Edge they were handing out at
GDC has a lot of information on metadata on the web and how all that is in
danger of being lost. They mention a MUD info site that went down among
other things, as well as the National Videogame Archive in the UK, but no
mention of the IGDA! Anyway, good article and worth putting in the
resources.

-D

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  Yeah, I've no idea - you've had the same information I have, I think the

> breakdown of file types will be pretty high in the EXE and movie fields, a

> little audio, and some text and screenshots. As for amounts, I've no idea, I

> have no contact at FileFront and there is only a general email to try, which

> no doubt someone (hopefully!) has already tried for information on this

> issue :)

>

> Andrew

>

> Henry Lowood wrote:

>

> Andrew,

>

> I am in touch with the people I know at IA about this.  Simon, too, I'm

> sure.  At the moment, like me, they do not have enough information to

> understand the options for formal action or a project.   It's important that

> at some point someone summarize where things are and what sorts of files

> would be involved in the rescue action.

>

> Henry

>

> Devin Monnens wrote:

>

> Andrew,

>

> If IA wants to host the FileFront stuff, why not just e-mail or contact

> them and let them know. I honestly don't know what IA would and would not

> take for archival.

>

> I'll try and write up some notes from the con as well, but I need to do

> class prep for tomorrow as well, so it might be next weekend.

>

> -D

>

> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:

>

>> I've got some notes to write up from GDC for the SIG, as well as a report

>> I'll write on the status of the "State of preservation". This will be done

>> next week, I'm still not back home yet :)

>>

>> Feel free, anyone who wasn't able to attend GDC or who has and wants to

>> comment, to bring up items to talk about here - I'll try and summarise my

>> notes, but questions on "Did you discuss XXX" or "Can I suggest project YYY"

>> or "Can I help since I joined the SIG from seeing your leaflet" or even just

>> "Hi I'm new" are all welcome.

>>

>> The main thing I want to bring to people's attention just now is there is

>> some behind the scenes effort by Simon Carless, Jason Scott and including a

>> few others to try and somehow get the 48 Terabytes of files off FileFront -

>> check this page for the sad news that it is closing tomorrow!

>> http://farewell.filefront.com/

>>

>> Hopefully someone will be able to get the files in some form so they can

>> be uploaded to the Internet Archive. If anyone has a contact at FileFront it

>> would be worth ringing them now and seeing perhaps if the files can be

>> secured somehow (or ring up/contact Jason Scott to help his efforts).

>>

>> Andrew

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