[game_preservation] "Selecting Save on the Games We Make" on Gamasutra & at PAX East

[John Andersen]

Part two of "Selecting Save on the Games We Make" was published on Gamasutra yesterday morning, it's here at this link:
 
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/166015/selecting_save_on_the_games_we_.php 
 
This time it focuses on how indie developers are preserving what they develop, they include:
 
Bigpants
Dejobaan
Hemisphere Games
Kloonigames
Mommy's Best Games
Paradox Interactive
Playdead
Metanet Software
Ronimo
Semi Secret Games
Spooky Squid Games
The Behemoth
 
I really liked what Dejobaan's Ichiro Lambe and Bigpants' Jim McGinley had to say.  There was also an interesting development with Playdead at the end regarding "Limbo".    There was something I left out....I did have one developer email me afterwards to say that my questions convinced them to go out and purchase a couple of back-up drives, that was pretty cool to hear.  Hope you enjoy it!
 
- John Andersen 
 



From: gamerep at hotmail.com
To: game_preservation at igda.org
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:54:15 +0900
Subject: [game_preservation] "Selecting Save on the Games We Make" on Gamasutra & at PAX East





Hi everyone, 
 
my follow-up to "Where Games Go To Sleep" was published this morning on Gamasutra.  "Selecting Save on the Games We Make" provides more insight into what developers and publishers are doing to preserve their games.  
This time around the developers that participated and answered questions (or provided a statement) include:
 
D3 Publisher 
Disney Interactive (Warren Spector of Junction Point, a Disney game studio subsidiary) 
Firefly Studios
Kemco
Monkeypaw Games
Natsume
Richard Garriott
Square Enix
Team Ninja of Tecmo Koei
Treasure
 
An update on video game museums is also featured, with a very promising possibility that a video game museum in Denmark, Spilmuseet, could be designated as an official cultural institution (and may be able to acquire government backing).  Indie developers will be featured in part two coming next month!  
 
Link:  http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6745/selecting_save_on_the_games_we_.php
 
I'm also happy to announce I'll be hosting a panel at PAX East to discuss these two articles and talk with Gary Vincent of the American Classic Arcade Museum (aka FunSpot) about his preservation efforts.  The panel will have the same title as this article, and is tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 6th at 11:30 am in the Naga Theater.  PAX East single day badges are still available, so I hope to see you there!  I'll be hanging around after the panel so please feel free to come up and introduce yourself if you're there.  
 
Enjoy!
 
- John Andersen 

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