[game_preservation] Monthly update coming...soon

[Andrew Armstrong]

It says, at the end of it, that it is a shorter version (for some 
reason?) from Edge 112. Also, If it's one thing Edge does fabously, it 
is hide the author, the editor, and any revisions, and I've not got any 
Edge magazines to check side by side comparisons. Here it is:

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-spacewar

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Edge has a Making of Spacewar article? Is that original or is it just 

> a republication of the one in Supercade? That article has been around 

> in various forms for awhile, and of course there's the old Stone 

> article. I can't imagine there would be anything new to say about 

> Spacewar in a gaming mag that hasn't been said already... That said, I 

> still think there's more to say about Spacewar, but it ultimately 

> involves more research (hence my interest in game software on 

> mainframe computers :)

>

> -Devin

>

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Andrew Armstrong 

> <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>

>     Yeah, some of those articles and others - such as Edge's "Making

>     of...Spacewar!" need to get added to the magical database I'm

>     creating, heh (well, that I'm still designing). I don't want to

>     post much more in the way of "articles on old games" on the blog

>     as I proposed before, unless someone is able to help find them :)

>

>     Actually, it is worth discussing the games/articles on the mailing

>     list though. I should post up some of the more interesting ones.

>

>     Andrew

>

>     Devin Monnens wrote:

>>     Well, it's end of the semester here, so things are kind of crazy.

>>     I did notice though there was an article on Rogue on Gamasutra:

>>

>>     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4013/the_history_of_rogue_have__you_.php

>>

>>     -Devin

>>

>>     On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Andrew Armstrong

>>     <andrew at aarmstrong.org <mailto:andrew at aarmstrong.org>> wrote:

>>

>>         The IGDA wiki is down, thus I've not been able to do the

>>         monthly roundup. Sorry about this!

>>

>>         Remember though, there's plenty to discuss with the projects.

>>         We're kind of understaffed, it appears, since most don't have

>>         any active interest right now, or in fact any disinterest

>>         even. It seems I'll have to go out and find new members for

>>         some of them or start them myself.

>>

>>         Andrew

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>>     Devin Monnens

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