[game_preservation] Note to Digital Game Museum

[Alex Handy]

LOL, grizzled veterans...

We're certainly grizzled....

Glad she was receptive to your note. We need to bring them into our fold and
see how we can work together.

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu> wrote:


> All,

>

> I heard back from Judith Haemmerle from the Digital Games Museum.  It was a

> nice note, and she said she would join the SIG.  I hope to meet with her

> soon to talk about collaboration.  Here is her reply regarding the logo:

>

> "I had to chuckle over the logo - ours was cobbled together as a

> placeholder by our non-gamer website developer from clip art!  We have

> commissioned a new logo, since obviously clip art isn't really design.  The

> new logo should be up in a few days.  Good ideas seem to strike in multiple

> places!"

>

> So, that's that.   I think they are just very new.  Alex and his crew at

> the MADE are now the grizzled veterans.

>

> Henry

>

>

> On 5/4/2011 9:36 AM, Henry Lowood wrote:

>

>> Ok, I went to the Digital Game Museum contact form and sent them the

>> following message.  It's a bit clipped, but I blame that on the cramped form

>> box, not my attitude.  :)

>>

>> Hello, I am the Curator for History of Science & Technology Museums at

>> Stanford University, where we have both a large research collection on the

>> history of digital games and several ongoing research and preservation

>> projects.  I'm writing, first, to suggest that you consider linking up with

>> other efforts in the area of digital game history, such as the IGDA

>> Preservation SIG or the new MADE in San Francisco.  Secondly, I'm writing to

>> ask about the logo of the Digital Game Museum. If you go over to the

>> Preservation SIG's site, you'll notice that what is represented in your logo

>> is virtually identical to the logo of the SIG. E.g., here:

>> http://www.igda.org/preservation/.  We're a little concerned that this

>> might cause some confusion, esp. since the SIG has been around for a while

>> and this might be construed as suggesting that the SIG is behind the Museum.

>> I should mention that I am currently chairing the SIG, which is why I am

>> bringing the logo issue to your attention. We welcome any efforts to

>> collaborate (either Stanford or the SIG) and hope to hear more about what

>> you have in mind.

>> Henry Lowood

>>

>> Henry

>>

>>

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