[game_preservation] The FreeBase database project

[Andrew Armstrong]

Both projects are entirely independent, so I'm not for one or the other 
myself. I'm interested to see where FreeBase might go with its database 
due to its creative-commons open API, although I do wonder how they keep 
it up, or what the point is, from a business standpoint.

Good if you're aiming to improve MobyGames anyway, even though its not 
quite as open, since it is the largest resource although its missing 
quite a bit of history still.

Andrew

Mike Melanson wrote:

> I still stand by MobyGames. It's not hard to find lists upon lists of

> raw game titles out there, and that's effectively what a lot of game

> sites feature in the classic games department. But it's also not that

> interesting for historical purposes.

>

> For my part, I have been working on a project to reconcile those huge

> game lists with the data in MobyGames. This is in line with a conscious

> effort to fill in the gaps in MobyGames' knowledge. I am thinking of

> ways to maintain the missing games lists online (and wondering if the MG

> people -- collectively, "The Man" -- even wants me to :) ).

>   


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