[game_preservation] Acquisition selection

[Henry Borchers]

Hi Henry*,

I would be very interested in a group Skype call to anybody here who'd be
willing to talk to me. I have been following the writings from the members
of this SIG group and they have provided a great deal of help in my research
for the last year. I'm trying very hard to finish my thesis, but I'm finding
my replacement thesis advisor not as helpful as I'd like. I have a deep
respect for everyone here so I find this idea to be simply divine.

Best,
Henry


*("Hi Henry" This is something I'd never expect to see myself write. As I've
only known one other person with the name Henry, I feel like I'm writing to
myself. It's just a very strange feeling)
-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Lowood [mailto:lowood at stanford.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 12:36 AM
To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG
Cc: Henry Borchers
Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Acquisition selection

Hi Henry,

This is a huge question, probably too much for e-mail.  Maybe this could be
a topic for a group skype call or something like that?

Henry

On 5/6/2011 10:43 AM, Henry Borchers wrote:

> Hello everyone,

>

> I'm in the process of writing my master's thesis about video game 

> preservation and I was wondering how those of you who work in archives 

> with video game collections make your selections in regards to 

> curation and acquisition. Is it feasible to simply accept everything 

> for your collection or do you have to set limits?  If you do have to 

> set limits, how do you decide what to focus on? Certainly, many people 

> would like to know that "the classics" are safe and sound. However, as 

> we all know, for every extraordinary game there are many ordinary 

> ones.  What role do these ordinary games play in your archive?

> Based on my experience with film archives, I know that film archives 

> have to be very selective on what they agree to preserve because of 

> the costs and the time. They simply cannot preserve and restore every 

> film that comes through their door. How does this work for video game

archives?

>

> I'm very curious to hear what your thoughts are on this.

>

> Sincerely

> Henry Borchers

> Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image Master's Student 

> University of Amsterdam

>

>

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