[game_preservation] Preservation Whitepaper Brainstorm Progress

[Jim Leonard]

Devin Monnens wrote:

> How relevant are, say, cloth maps from Ultima? Originally, I think this 

> sort of thing was used to 'enhance the experience,' but I haven't read 

> anything regarding how much that really DOES affect player experience. 

> Nowadays, I just consider most of that stuff to be schwag.


Some included materials were absolutely necessary to get anywhere in the 
game (newspaper in Tass Times in Tonetown, business card in 
Transylvania, etc.).  They contained information not in the game code.
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