[SCC_Active_Members] FW: guardian article on video game preservation

[Henry Lowood]

Henry,

Let me fill in a couple of details the article missed:

1.  The largest collection of game software in the world is at 
Stanford (over 25K titles).  I'm familiar with Warren Spector's 
efforts at UT Austin, and we are working with them.

2. There will be a funded national (U.S.) game preservation project 
starting 1 Jan. 2008.  I'll send along details as soon as the 
official announcement is made -- we have to wait for the official news release.

3. However, there has been enough information in the press about 
project (2) that the writer for the Guardian should have been able to 
sniff it out.

4. The Digital Game Canon project will feed into the effort, and we 
hope to continue that program next year at 
GDC.  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/

5. Census vs. Dreamcast?  It's not a zero-sum game ...

Henry

At 08:05 AM 7/13/2007, H.M. Gladney wrote:
>FYI
>
>Cheerio, Henry
>
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>Subject: fwd: guardian article on video game preservation
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>apologies for any cross-posting
>
>The following article in yesterday's Guardian on preservation of 
>early games software may be of interest to the list. Note though I 
>would disagree strongly  with sentiments the final paragraph!
>
>See "Preserving old games is a service to humanity"
><http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123670,00.html>http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123670,00.html
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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections
Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Media Collections
HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford CA 94305-6004
650-723-4602; lowood at stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood 
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