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So the month of August rolls around. This is late coming due to posting
a ton of new blog links from me missing a week of content, but I wanted
to try out the monthly progress reports/articles posted links. Helps me
at least keep myself on track! :)<br>
<br>
<b>Preservation SIG Updates<br>
</b><br>
If anyone remembers, the <a href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials">Memorials</a>
project was launched more officially in June. This has lead to a total
of exactly <i>no one</i> emailing Devin about it as far as I'm aware
(boo!) <i>however</i>, we're working on it ourselves (yay!).
Contributions welcome, there's a lot of Biographies to do. People who
died in July added to the project are <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials/Randy_Pausch">Randy Pausch</a>
(Professor), and <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Memorials/Melissa_Batten">Melissa Batten</a>
(Xbox 360 Developer). Both are rather sad cases - Randy for his
inevitable death from cancer, and Melissa because of it being a
murder-suicide by her husband.<br>
<br>
I have been working on plans to update the SIG's information lists -
which are now outdated, and in fact were always incomplete. Starting
afresh is the <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Contributions">Contributions</a>
page, where museums and archives will be listed who can accept
material. I personally am working on emailing who I can, and in am in
contact in person with the <a href="http://www.tnmoc.org/">UK National
Museum of Computing</a> (which I <a
href="http://aarmstrong.org/journal/2008/07/27/the-national-museum-of-computing">visited
recently</a>). Contributions to this section or knowledge of <i>any</i>
computer museums welcome - I have only two USA museums to contact at
the moment, there must be more! :)<br>
<br>
Finally, as an aside project, I am gearing up my uploading efforts at
the <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/gamevideos">Internet
Archive</a>, despite my internet connection here being absolutely
terrible for uploads. I'm uploading more Kikizo and Fileshack material
in bits and pieces, and also the online gamer show Pure Pwnage, which
is easier since Wikipedia provides a nice description of the content :)
- Henry and his Standford groupies are doing some work in the <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/virtual_worlds">Virtual Worlds</a>
section too!<br>
<br>
I might also be onto getting some older E3 videos/documentary stuff up
from someone who might be interested, we'll see - the E3 of yesteryear
isn't going to come back so soon, so it'll be interesting to put that
material up. There will also be some effort if I run out of everything
else to start uploading trailers and promo material. I'll link to
anything interesting, and try and root out some strange stuff for the
collection.<br>
<br>
<b>August Preservation SIG Work</b><br>
<br>
I have no idea how Henry is doing for workload - so I don't expect the
whitepaper will get started yet. I personally will try and finish in as
much as I can the contributions section before tackling the projects
& resources pages. Not much else to note that's of any interest,
maybe you guys are up to something good this month?<br>
<br>
I'm also currently reading "The A-Zof Cool Computer Games" - giving me
the
thought to review it's contents for an updated "Resources" section. You
might well be asked for book lists, reviews or anything else in the
future once I get some templates up. I am sure many of you have shelves
of the annuals of time, it might be time to dust them off for a little
while if I can't find them online to index on our site! :)<br>
<br>
<b>Preservation SIG Blog Updates / Links<br>
<br>
</b><b></b>Note: Have I missed anything? Then email it in. I really
should get
a "Preservation newsdesk" email setup, there's a lot more I simply
don't know about which I keep missing. This is everything from July
(the August stuff is really from July or the very start of August).<br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/interview_with.html"></a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/10_things_every.html">10
things everyone should know about Space Invaders<br>
</a><a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/interview_with.html">Interview
with Benoît Sokal</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/discworld_game.html">Discworld
Game Remakes</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/the_first_video.html">The
First Video Game Sequel with modding?</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/henry_lowood_on.html">Henry
Lowood on Machinima and the History of Digital Games</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/the_importance.html">The
Importance Of History In The Excellence Of Video Games</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/stanford_worksh.html">Stanford
Workshop: “Preserving Knowledge in Virtual Worlds”</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/gog_from_cdproj.html">GOG
from CD-Projekt to Offer Classic Games</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/somethingawful.html">SomethingAwful
Game Articles</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/defenderin_a_fa.html">Defender...in
a Favicon</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/the_good_and_ba.html">The
Good and Bad of Sport Videogames</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/making_tennis_f.html">Making
Tennis For Two On Modern Hardware</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/07/journal_startin.html">Journal
Starting "Historical Studies of Digital Entertainment Media"</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/the_world_of_we.html">The
World of Western RPGs</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/word_play_the_e.html">Word
Play: The Evolution of Game Journalism</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/the_history_of_4.html">The
History of Video Games: The First Video Game?...</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/_a_history_of_g_2.html">A
History of Gaming Platforms: Atari 8-Bit Computers</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/simon_turns_30.html">Simon
Turns 30: The History of the Toy and Gaming's First Grudge</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/game_mag_weasel.html">Game
Mag Weaseling: Where to begin?</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/introducing_the.html">Introducing
the Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection Blog</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2008/08/lost_server_con.html">"Lost
Server Connection": The Last Minutes of a Virtual World</a><br>
<b></b><br>
Simon did suggest pictures - I must start doing this, despite the fact
this version of Movable Type is rubbish for it (ie; there's no way to
upload pictures ;) ). The new IGDA site is not going to be here quick -
it's being redone, although I'm not sure I can divulge in what
software, and there is no timeline.<br>
<br>
<b>Final Thoughts</b><br>
<br>
The <a href="http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/brainygamer">Vintage
Game Club</a> started up last month, with Grim Fandango. Mine keeps
crashing, I'll have to tinker with it more, but the intro sure has me
in the mood for more despite the agonising cries of "illogical
puzzles". They're not doing a "Game a month" but instead seeing what
works, and who knows what will be done in the future? Might be worth
keeping an eye out on.<br>
<br>
This is also a trial. I'll stick this on the wiki, and all comments are
welcome on format/content.<br>
<br>
Thanks all,<br>
<br>
Andrew Armstrong<br>
IGDA Game Preservation SIG Site/Blog editor<br>
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