[game_preservation] Jason Scott's blog on game preservation

[Andrew Armstrong]

Here is a good starting places but you'll find a lot of it is done in 
isolation, at least from those I did contact in the past who knew 
nothing of networking :D

I'm all for it, either here (this list is perfectly functional!) or as a 
new thing (harder to do, and means another email list I guess to 
subscribe to).

I've not got the time right now, as plain by me not making much effort 
to reply to the brilliant posts here - if the new IGDA site 
...works...then maybe I'll put some effort in. You might chart my 
decline of interest exactly at the moment the IGDA site became too much 
work to update / use!

Andrew

On 18/09/2013 23:41, Devin Monnens wrote:

> Or, what is wrong with game preservation panels. Of course, it's 

> directly addressed to a lot of us who read this list.

>

> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4088?fb_source=pubv1

>

> I agree with Jason that for a panel of experts who already have 

> background in preservation, there are undoubtedly more interesting and 

> constructive things that could be covered. So if you want a panel for 

> 'introduction to preservation' then that would be a different audience 

> and set of goals.

>

> Part of this I think could be solved with a series of articles and 

> essays that we think anyone interested in serious preservation should 

> read first (obviously the White Paper is one of them). This could also 

> include a series of primers (text and video) for casual readers (game 

> players - what is preservation, and what can you do?) and industry (if 

> you want to start your own, do this). Hopefully that covers our 

> audiences... (Preservationists, players, industry)

>

> The other thing I always felt strongly about was using the SIG as a 

> network for preservationists. I know there are a lot who use the 

> mailing list, but I kind of get the feeling from all these other 

> projects that pop up and get reported on outside of the list here that 

> there are not only a lot of people who are doing (or starting to do) 

> this kind of work and that there are different networks that these 

> groups use. I'm not sure if it is necessary for there to be a central 

> hub for networking and sharing ideas, but I thought if there was one, 

> the SIG would be good for that role. Maybe one of the big hurdles to 

> this is having a group of someones who have the time and expertise to 

> get things rolling (sounds like a job). Any thoughts on this?

>

> The App Store problem is an interesting one - perhaps building 

> software to copy the apps you downloaded to a folder, then the next 

> day copying the app again to a different folder and comparing the 

> checksums to see if it's been updated. That would give you a lot of 

> Stuff without much Context.

>

> -- 

> Devin Monnens

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>

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