[game_preservation] [women_in_games] Calling all old school game developers from 1987-1997

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---- Susan L Rojo <srojo at stanford.edu> wrote: 

> Hello, 

> Know a first person shooter game developer from 23-13 years ago? Below is an opportunity to help out a grad student. 

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> ~Susan 

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> From: "Janie Wilson-Cook" <janiewc at rockriver.net> 

> To: "women in games list" <women_dev at igda.org> 

> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 2:17:10 PM 

> Subject: [women_in_games] Calling all old school game developers from 1987-1997 

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> I am Janie Wilson-Cook. I am a graduate student in Art History at Northern Illinois University. 

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> My Art History Master's thesis is on video games in the late 1980's to mid 1990s. The analysis will look at games at that time as examples of post-structuralism and focus on the cultural and educational influences of game developers at that time. I am hoping to have the thesis published in an art history or design journal. 

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> In-person interviews seem to be problematic so I constructed a survey for those developers from that time period. What I need first person shooter game developers from 23-13 years ago to complete the survey for research purposes. 

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> Also, if you know any other developers from the time of the research, I would appreciate if you could forward the survey link to them. http://www.interplanetary.net/survey/ 

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> Most importantly, I assure that no information given to me will be used for any reason but for educational research. This documentation is a very serious endeavor for me. 

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> Thank you, 

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> Janie 

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> Janie Wilson-Cook 

> Graduate Student, 

> Art History Master's Program. 

> Northern Illinois University 

> School of Art 

> Visual Resource Center 

> VAB-217 

> DeKalb, Illinois 60115 

> 815/753-7857 at NIU 

> 1622 Montague Street 

> Rockford, IL 61102 

> 815-962-6789 home 

> janiewc at mac.com 

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> -- 

> Susan Rojo 

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