[game_preservation] Star Raiders profile (Digital Game Canon) posted on Gamasutra

[Henry Lowood]

Andrew,

the slides would work with the audio -- I wonder if CMP would allow 
that use on the IGDA website?

Henry

At 04:03 AM 9/21/2007, Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>Hey Henry,

>

>I think it'd be worthwhile for at least putting as a set of 

>downloadable files, since while it is perhaps more eye candy then 

>informative it gives an idea about what the presentations were like. 

>We might as well make everything we can available about our own work 

>as a preservation group, less it be lost in the future.

>

>I should just pony up for the audio track of the event to listen to 

>it myself I suppose :) I just haven't got around to it yet! If I do 

>I'll get the core quotes from that.

>

>Andrew

>

>Henry Lowood wrote:

>>Andrew,

>>

>>Yes, I looked at the presentations.  The problem I got stuck on was 

>>that a couple of them were more in the category of eye candy than 

>>presentations of the argument.  Do you still want to have a 

>>look?  Also, I wasn't able to find one of them, I think Warren's presentation.

>>

>>Henry

>>

>>At 05:42 PM 9/20/2007, Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>>>Okay, I 

>>><http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Digital_Game_Canon>added 

>>>it to the wiki, which I forgot to do despite doing a quick 

>>><http://www.igda.org/preservation/>blog entry on it.

>>>

>>>Also; regarding the Digital Games Project, was anyone able to 

>>>gather information about the original GDC2007 panel? The actual 

>>>page still lacks information as to why the panel at the time 

>>>thought these 10 were needing preservation. Not a major issue, but 

>>>should be sorted at some point really :)

>>>

>>>Andrew

>>>

>>>Simon Carless wrote:

>>>>Hey all,

>>>>

>>>>This is the fourth profile of a Digital Game Canon game we've run 

>>>>on Gamasutra, and it includes comments from the creator Doug 

>>>>Neubauer - probably worth adding to the Wiki, Andrew:

>>>>

>>>>Video Games' First Space Opera: Exploring Atari's Star Raiders

>>>><http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1890/video_games_first_space_opera_.php>http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1890/video_games_first_space_opera_.php 

>>>>

>>>>'We explore Doug Neubauer's Atari title Star Raiders, a 

>>>>"surprisingly complex space combat simulation" from 1979, and an 

>>>>obscure but vital precursor of the Wing Commander-esque digital space opera.'

>>>>

>>>>I also posted another 'GameSetVideo Treasures' on GameSetWatch, 

>>>>linking to the 'Making Of Ultima X' video we just archived on 

>>>><http://Archive.org>Archive.org:

>>>>

>>>>http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/09/column_archived_treasures_next.php

>>>>

>>>>Regards,

>>>>Simon Carless

>>>>[Publisher, Game Developer/Gamasutra.]

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

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>>Henry Lowood

>>Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;

>>      Germanic Collections; Film & Media Collections

>>HRG, Green Library

>>557 Escondido Mall, Stanford University Libraries

>>Stanford CA 94305-6004 USA

>><mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>lowood at stanford.edu; 650-723-4602

>>

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
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Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Media Collections
HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford CA 94305-6004
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