[game_preservation] New take on the walkthrough

[Henry E Lowood]

Rachel,

Not sure I get what is significant about using Twitter, as opposed to keeping notes in real-time and then posting them.  There are a zillion variations on the theme of recording and commenting on game-play; what would you say is the essential add with using Twitter?

Henry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel \"Sheepy\" Donahue" <donahrm at gmail.com>
To: "IGDA Game Preservation SIG" <game_preservation at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:19:12 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [game_preservation] New take on the walkthrough

Relevant to amateur efforts, community created materials and context--

Two friends of mine have decided to use Twitter record their experiences
as they play through Interplay's Wasteland. They're both articulate guys,
so I have high hopes it will turn out to be something spiffy. Now I'm
wondering if there are other examples of tweet-throughs out there -- seen
any?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/wasteland

http://twitter.com/fabooWasteland/
http://twitter.com/TheHipWasteland/

There is of course a long tradition of BBS/Forum posts and walkthroughs,
but I find the idea of (semi)live-tweeting gameplay super exciting.


-Rach
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