[game_preservation] Game preservation videos?

[Captain Commando]

Henry,

Good to see you joining the discussion!  I've tried to contact you a few
times, but had problems getting some e-mail through.  Hopefully this works.
Have you met with Mr. Nakamura yet?  I e-mailed him a few weeks ago and he
said he was coming to the States to talk videogame preservation.  I dropped
him a note about the possibility of building a team in Japan similar to
CLASP to archive PC-88 and other antique Japanese computer software.  People
in the West know very little about this stuff, but I assume there is a
strong community in Japan.  Because these also use magnetic disks for
storage, this makes it imperative that somebody get involved in preserving
them as well.

I also have a few comments about your file categories.  I assume you are
building a collection of E3 and other media trailers, correct?  I find it
interesting that most of these videos are forgotten about a couple months
after they are announced, and particularly when the game is released.

What all have you explored in terms of game audio preservation?  There are
so many different categories here, from original software files to game
recordings (and of course officially - and unofficially - released albums).
I use Slightly Dark ( www.slightlydark.com ) and Game Music Revolution
(www.gmronline.com )
as resources for this.

Game citation I find an interesting problem.  So far I have only dealt with
how to reference games stored within games (such as Balloon Fight inside
Animal Crossing - or even Legend of Zelda, which can only be unlocked in the
US version with a codebreaker device).  Fortunately most games are divided
into levels or chapters that make it easy for you to say what point in the
game this comes from.  This seems to me a good place to start, though it
could easily expand into a very wide range of references such as levels,
chapters, minigames - the list goes on and on.  It's probably best to find
the most practical way of doing it and then providing appropriate reference
material.  Who knows - maybe we'll see citations like "Level 8-1, Super
Mario Bros".

Lastly, I created a video you might be interested in.  It uses game footage
as well as stock press footage and is presented in an experimental
documentary style.  It is called Contra vs Contra. I hope you have fun
trying to find out what category to put this in :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1eAL6SxUw

Best regards,

Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com

-- 
"Until next time..."
Captain Commando
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