[game_preservation] Is Saving Video Game History A Waste Of Money? This Senator Thinks So

[Devin Monnens]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/gop-completely-fixes-economy-by-canceling-funding,19897/


I left my $0.02 in the comments. Can't let Ian Bogost do all the work! I
plugged the White Paper, too! Maybe people will pay attention if they
realize there's more they can do than just say 'Microsoft and Sony should
pay for this!!!' Which, as we know, accomplishes nothing.

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> Wow, only ~$100,000 ? Thats like £65,000, peanuts!

>

> Sad that such a small amount of money is lambasted. I suppose arts,

> museums and research are easy political targets though.

>

> Andrew

>

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> On 22/12/2011 21:29, Henry Lowood wrote:

>

>> For once, I would like to thank Frank for NOT mentioning Preserving

>> Virtual Worlds in this piece:

>>

>> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/**news/39309/<http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39309/>

>>

>> By the way, is it fair to say that a U.S. Senator is acting trollish?

>>

>> Henry

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