[game_preservation] Edited copy - IGDA Memorials Project Letter

[Captain Commando]

Incidentally, I wasn't able to tell what edits were made :)
However, the IGDA newsletter version is different from the one that I sent.
Speaking of which, SURELY the IGDA Games Preservation SIG has a complete
collection of all IGDA Newsletters ever mailed? :)

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1: Game Developer Memorials Project
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The IGDA's Game Preservation SIG is launching the IGDA Memorials
Project to remember the lives and work of members of the game
industry. The Memorials Project contains biographies of professionals
from around the world, and is welcome to anyone who worked on a game
or with the Industry in the past.

http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials/

In addition, because we believe the IGDA stands for more than just
video games, there are Memorials for designers of paper-based games,
as well as notable individuals from the toy industry, critical game
studies, and computer science, whose work has greatly affected the
ways in which we understand, play, and design our games.

It is our firm intent that the IGDA Memorials Project will help
demonstrate our seriousness as an industry and an art form that cares
deeply about its individuals and their contribution to the medium. We
recognize our community as being a continuous line of individuals
stretching from the past and into the future rather than as being
defined solely by the latest titles on the wall. We should remember
these individuals as people whose creative passions helped shape the
medium to become what it is today and whose legacy continues to direct
where it will go 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 the site. If you
are interested in participating in the IGDA Memorials Project, please
visit our Submission Guidelines page or contact memorials at igda.org.

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



On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>
wrote:


>  That's one "Sam" who edited it Henry :)

>

> Shall I put it up on the Wiki? could do with going on the front page

> really, I guess. Devin, your call.

>

> And glad someone is interested in the project ;-) it's not for nothing at

> least :-)

>

> Andrew

>

> Henry Lowood wrote:

>

> 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) or contact

> 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.

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>  Film & Media Collections

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