[game_preservation] Miyamoto on preservation!

[Benj Edwards]

Very interesting.  I wonder if he mentioned emulation in the interview 
and either (a) they edited it out for space or clarity or (b) Nintendo 
PR gagged him.  Or perhaps he's a purist who believes preservation 
requires the exact original hardware.  Overall, I get the feeling that 
he hasn't spent much time thinking about preservation in general.

Benj

On 4/11/2013 12:45 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

>

> Not sure if Miyamoto is aware of what's being done in Japan and the US 

> outside of the MoMA. However, I don't see any real comments here on 

> Nintendo's interest in longevity.

>

> *Q.* The Museum of Modern Art has a new installation 

> <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/arts/video-games/a-museums-games-are-not-on-pedestals.html> with 

> 14 video games. There aren't any Nintendo games there, although the 

> museum would like to have some. What do you think about games in 

> museums, as opposed to living rooms?

>

> *A.* I think the saddest thing about video games is that once the 

> hardware that the game runs on stops operating, the game is gone. And 

> the only way to preserve it then is through video. And so, on the one 

> hand, I'm happy that there's a facility that's starting to preserve 

> games in their original state.

>

> At the same time it seems a little strange to me. I still look at 

> video games as entertainment. And it seems strange to me to take 

> entertainment and preserve it as a piece of art per se. But I guess 

> MoMA as a museum, they were one of the first to start preserving 

> industrial design products. With myself being an industrial designer, 

> I'm very grateful to see that, and grateful that they're also 

> preserving games.

>

> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/arts/video-games/shigeru-miyamoto-of-nintendo-on-wii-u-sales-and-game-violence.html

>

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