[game_preservation] MSN interviews Joe Santulli

[Captain Commando]

Hey Andrew,

I have done a little dabbling into what might go into a white paper myself
on the side at work. I'm not sure exactly how we're going to go about
organizing this thing myself. I've got some good examples and I think some
good arguments and some that are just deadpan plain serious (who's to say
'because they're fun and we like to share what we enjoy with other people'
isn't a valid reason?).

I'm going to see if I can't contact Joe about this. Some of the things I'd
like to ask is about what he thinks about preservation and what we might
learn from looking at collectors - if warehouses and shoeboxes full of old
cartridges is really even a viable model. Just how durable is this stuff in
that condition?

I suppose the 'why' of collecting would have to be in there as well, but I
think it's just something that snowballs from something you like, coupled
with opportunity for building the collection with minimal expenditure
(that's sort of how mine developed out of a simple love of the game).
Everybody's got a hobby, and if you think about it if you sink a few dozen
dollars here and a few there each month and are serious about checking
garage sales, flea markets, and goodwill's regularly, then you'd begin to
have a pretty serious collection. It's really no different than sinking a
couple hundred dollars each month on souping up your car or spending a few
hours reading books. I guess 'hobby' is just whatever occupies the mind!

-Devin

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


>  I'll need to get a list of questions together now, won't I? Typical ^_^

>

> The problem is, I'm not adept at knowing what the finer points of

> collecting is to start with (I'm not a collector in the slightest), and the

> websites on the web I've browsed a bit usually say the *how* and *what* to

> collect, but not the *why*, which would be much more interesting to

> record. I'll get around to it, but I should start poking people about the

> whitepaper instead :) - I'll try and get something together soon to post

> around, at the very least a good list of websites is always nice.

>

> Good idea, thanks for reminding me we should be looking within! First for

> me will be a little whitepaper work however, but I'll get it added to the

> monthly roundup to remind myself for September.

>

> Andrew

>

> Stuart Feldhamer wrote:

>

>  That video is pretty cool (although those Keno brothers, whoever they

> are, seem like losers).

>

>

>

> I am impressed with that guy's collection to say the least. However, I want

> to point out that there are several members of the software collectors'

> mailing list (most of whom if not all primarily collect games) on the list

> for this SIG. So if you're looking for information on collecting, look

> within. : )

>

>

>

> Stuart

>

>

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