[game_preservation] GDC

[Henry Lowood]

I'll be there, too.   Whoever is there, please come to the Roundtable. 

Henry

Rachel Donahue wrote:

>

> I'll be there, also with a main conference pass. :)

>

>> On Feb 26, 2010 8:05 PM, "Devin Monnens" <dmonnens at gmail.com 

>> <mailto:dmonnens at gmail.com>> wrote:

>>

>> Who all is going to the GDC?

>>

>> I have a Main Conference pass (but might be getting a full or press 

>> pass). 

>>

>> I can present my data from the survey there as well as the PDF/.doc 

>> of the list of game preservation groups. 

>>

>> I'm afraid I haven't given coverage of the PCA/ACA paper I gave - 

>> which basically summarized the contents of the survey. Akinori 

>> Nakamura from Ritsumeikan also presented his paper on the game 

>> preservation efforts they are doing in Japan. Ritsumeikan is working 

>> closely with Nintendo, and graduates from the program have gone to 

>> work on the Virtual Console. They have the only officially sanctioned 

>> emulator by Nintendo and have had access to Nintendo's complete 

>> collection of games to work on their catalogue system. In addition, 

>> Mr. Nakamura's graduates are working with Masayuki Uemura (the 

>> designer of the Famicom and Super Famicom) to record gameplay. They 

>> record player expressions, gameplay video, button mapping, and the 

>> intensity at which buttons are pressed for four-channel video. This 

>> was a very amazing demonstration because it provides great promise 

>> for researching how players play games (Super Mario Bros. was the 

>> example). Mr. Nakamura will be finishing his draft and seems very 

>> interested in distributing it through the SIG.

>>

>> -Devin

>>

>> -- 

>> Devin Monnens

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>>

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