[game_preservation] Game preservation panel at GDC

[Benj Edwards]

It's always good to have a man on the inside.

IDGA Game Preservation SIG has special agents everywhere, placed in all 
levels of government, military, and civilian life. :)

On 2/22/2013 2:07 PM, Frank Cifaldi wrote:

> I'm part of the decision-making process for which Vault videos go 

> free, so...

>

>

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com 

> <mailto:dmonnens at gmail.com>> wrote:

>

>     GDC panels are recorded, but they tend to only be available for

>     purchase through the GDC Vault. Certain panels, however, do get

>     distributed for free, but I have no idea how the selection process

>     works. All the classic game postmortems should be available

>     though. Still, this is something that I think everyone should have

>     access to.

>

>

>     On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Benj Edwards

>     <editor at vintagecomputing.com <mailto:editor at vintagecomputing.com>>

>     wrote:

>

>         That sounds really exciting.  I wish I could attend.

>

>         Maybe someone can record it for the rest of us who can't make it?

>

>         Benj

>

>

>         On 2/22/2013 1:04 PM, Henry Lowood wrote:

>>         All,

>>

>>         FYI: The "Caring about Chrono Trigger" panel was accepted for

>>         GDC.

>>

>>         *Speaker/s: *Jon-Paul Dyson (The Strong)

>>         <http://speaker/Jon-Paul-Dyson>, John Sharp (Parsons The New

>>         School for Design) <http://speaker/John-Sharp>, Henry Lowood

>>         (Stanford University Libraries)

>>         <http://speaker/Henry-Lowood> and John Romero (Loot Drop)

>>         <http://speaker/John-Romero>

>>         *Day / Time / Location: *Thursday 11:30-12:30 Room 308, South

>>         Hall

>>         *Track / Duration / Format / Audience Level: *Advocacy /

>>         60-Minute / Panel

>>         *GDC Vault Recording: *TBD

>>         *Description: *Every day, we lose more of the games, the

>>         experience, the data and the knowledge upon which the

>>         industry was built. What is being done to archive,

>>         understand, curate and catalog this culture? Approaching the

>>         problem from four different angles, this panel explores the

>>         importance of preserving games as an art form, recording the

>>         game design and development process, curating and preserving

>>         games in a museum or gallery setting, and capturing the

>>         experience of present, past and dying digital worlds.

>>         *Takeaway: *The preservation of our work as an industry will

>>         be emphasized as critically important, and attendees will

>>         understand what they can do to help maintain our ongoing legacy.

>>

>>

>>         Henry

>>

>>

>>

>>         -- 

>>         Henry Lowood

>>         Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;

>>            Film & Media Collections

>>         HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall

>>         Stanford University Libraries, Stanford CA 94305-6004

>>         650-723-4602  <tel:650-723-4602>;lowood at stanford.edu  <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>;http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood  <http://www.stanford.edu/%7Elowood>

>>

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