[game_preservation] White Paper blogged by Bruce Sterling!

[Andrew Armstrong]

I never said anything about the game files, but most of them have 
backups of downloads running via. torrents or something I guess. Not 
really bothered to check it out.

The fact that there are few abandonware sites to start with is a problem 
when you assume it's a blessing because other sites will be more 
accurate. This is the internet we're talking about here ;)

Andrew

Jan Baart wrote:

> Sorry to dig this one up, didn't see it before. Why would anyone want 

> more than their metadata up and running anyways? Possibly accompanied 

> by some manuals, code tables etc. The games themselves? Half of them 

> were butchered up versions that took ages to unpack anyways. It's not 

> like they were actually doing a good preservational job. It might even 

> be a blessing that the site's gone (although in fact it really isn't) 

> and similar projects will have to rebuild a (hopefully more accurate) 

> set of game backups.

>

> Jan

>

> Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>> Oh, don't get me started on the splintered Underdogs thing. There are 

>> a few sites that have the data running on them, lets leave it at that 

>> to be honest.

>>

>> Good to see people posting about the white paper though! We'll need 

>> to think of doing some more at some point as was said at the end of 

>> that whitepaper.

>>

>> Andrew

>>

>> Devin Monnens wrote:

>>> Bruce Sterling blogged the IGDA White Paper! Sadly, there's no 

>>> commentary on it, just a big quote letting people know it's there. 

>>> But it's still really great!

>>>

>>> http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/10/dead-media-beat-computer-game-preservation/ 

>>>

>>>

>>> Incidentally, he's also got a post on The Underdogs, which at least 

>>> still seems to be there with the metadata, if not the games themselves.

>>>

>>> -- 

>>> Devin Monnens

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