[game_preservation] Kotaku: Videogame History Museum Kickstarter short on funds

[Devin Monnens]

I'm sorry, Frank - I didn't do my job and click the source link at the
bottom!

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On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:


>

> http://kotaku.com/5832999/its-not-looking-good-for-the-videogame-history-museum

>

> Following up on this earlier report, the Videogame History Museum project

> begun by Digital Press is not meeting its goal of $30k. Is this something

> that the Game Preservation SIG should be involved in with trying to promote?

> It's not like they've contacted the list or anything about this...

>

> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Right now they're just trying to get a space so they can get started,

>> other projects would follow. I don't know what their ultimate ambitions are,

>> but I do know that these guys are big champions of digital preservation and

>> of providing a place to conduct research. They once helped Activision out

>> with one of its compilation packs by providing assets and data, and they'd

>> like to start doing more of that sort of work. They also want to host events

>> and talks like CGE.

>>

>> Sent from my iPad

>>

>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Martin Goldberg <wgungfu at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> > Collection and display.  They're basically interested in formal

>> > presentation of their personal collections (a portion of which they've

>> > been showing off at CGE and E3 all these years).

>> >

>> >

>> > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>

>> wrote:

>> >> Digital Press is taking donations for The Video Game History Museum,

>> which

>> >> first showed an exhibit at E3 this year as well as at the Classic

>> Gaming Exp

>> >> in Vegas.

>> >>

>> >> http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/07/digital_press_veterans_kicksta.php

>> >>

>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1760848975/the-videogame-history-museum

>> >> http://www.vghmuseum.org/

>> >>

>> >> They're looking to raise $50k through Kickstarter, which actually seems

>> to

>> >> me like a very small number. Do you suppose they're looking more for

>> >> collection and display rather than long-term preservation? I recently

>> read

>> >> an article about how museums are less interested in long-term

>> preservation

>> >> (i.e. making sure the thing works) than with having objects on display,

>> so

>> >> whether the data on a floppy disk is readable is kind of irrelevant.

>> The

>> >> curators pointed their fingers at libraries and archives as those

>> >> responsible for the task of information preservation.

>> >> --

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>> >> www.deserthat.com

>> >>

>> >> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>> >>

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