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

[Alex Handy]

Videogames were invented in America. Defunding this grant is unpatriotic.
On Dec 22, 2011 4:10 PM, "Devin Monnens" <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:


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

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> 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.

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

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

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

>> museums and research are easy political targets though.

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>> Andrew

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

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

>>> Virtual Worlds in this piece:

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

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

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>>> Henry

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