[game_preservation] Edited copy - IGDA Memorials Project Letter

[Henry Lowood]

Devin,

the text looks good (very good) to me.

Henry

At 07:41 AM 6/24/2008, you wrote:


>I respectfully submit this edited copy of the cover letter for consideration:

>

>>The IGDA Game Preservation SIG is launching the IGDA Memorials 

>>Project to commemorate the lives and work of past members of the 

>>Game Industry. The Memorials Project contains biographies of 

>>professionals from around the world and is available to anyone who 

>>worked on a game or with the Industry in the past. In addition, 

>>because we believe the IGDA stands for more than just videogames, 

>>there are Memorials for designers of paper-based games, as well as 

>>for notable individuals from the toy industry, researchers and 

>>computer scientists whose work has greatly affected the ways in 

>>which we understand, play, and design our games.

>>

>>It is our conviction that the IGDA Memorials Project will help the 

>>IGDA build our international community and will create an awareness 

>>for our art form by giving it an expanded sense of history.  We 

>>recognize our community as being a continuum of individuals 

>>stretching from the past to the present day and as such we wish to 

>>celebrate the achievements of those who have made important 

>>contributions to the evolution of the Game Industry.  The IGDA 

>>Memorials Project will serve to remind us of the achievements and 

>>creative passions of the people who have helped shape the medium 

>>into what it is today and whose legacy continues to inspire where 

>>we will take it in the future.

>>

>>The IGDA Memorials Project welcomes participation from members of 

>>the community to help celebrate the memories of our own. Most 

>>Memorials provide the option for members to post eulogies regarding 

>>their own personal experiences with and memories of a person they 

>>knew or whose work they cared deeply about. We are also interested 

>>in hearing about other developers whose Memorials are not already 

>>on our site. If you are interested in participating in the IGDA 

>>Memorials Project, please visit our Submission Guidelines page ( 

>><http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials/Submission_Guidelines>http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials/Submission_Guidelines 

>>) or contact <mailto:memorials at igda.org>memorials at igda.org.

>>

>>Devin Monnens

>>IGDA Game Preservation SIG

>>IGDA Memorials Project

>>University of Denver

>

>Sam Punnett

>FAD Research

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;
  Film & Media Collections
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