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December has us rolling along with the <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
rel="nofollow">white paper</a>, and the GDC Preservation SIG round
table announced, hooray!
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
Preservation SIG Updates </span></h3>
<p>Our first white paper titled "<a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
rel="nofollow">Before It's Too Late: A Digital Game Preservation White
Paper</a>"
has been started, we're still looking for contributions, especially on
the topic of case studies where the lack of preservation has hurt
developers. Opinions on the white paper are also welcome, if something
seems missing.
</p>
<p>The Internet Archive has a new collection of <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/lets-play" class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/lets-play" rel="nofollow">Let's
Play</a> videos with help from the <a
href="http://www.letsplayarchive.com/" class="external text"
title="http://www.letsplayarchive.com/" rel="nofollow">Let's Play
Archive</a> - thanks to baldurk the site admin for his generous help.
There are many up already, so <a
href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Alets-play&sort=-publicdate"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Alets-play&sort=-publicdate"
rel="nofollow">check them out</a> :)
</p>
<p>Other Internet Archive uploads I've done have centred on the vast
array of intros and cutscene files from games. <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Age_Of_Empires_II_Startup_Movies"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Age_Of_Empires_II_Startup_Movies"
rel="nofollow">Age of Empires II</a>, <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Assassins_Creed-Demo_Intro"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Assassins_Creed-Demo_Intro"
rel="nofollow">Assassins Creed</a>, <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Battlefield_2-Intro"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Battlefield_2-Intro"
rel="nofollow">Battlefield 2</a>, <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Call_of_Duty_4-Intro"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Call_of_Duty_4-Intro"
rel="nofollow">Call of Duty 4</a>, <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Call_of_Duty_UO-Intro"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Call_of_Duty_UO-Intro"
rel="nofollow">Call of Duty: United Offensive</a> and <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/Warhammer_40000_Fire_Warrior-Cutscenes"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/Warhammer_40000_Fire_Warrior-Cutscenes"
rel="nofollow">Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior</a>.
Yes, most of these are pretty new games (ones I had easy access too) -
so if you have any more intros, cutscenes or in-game footage that isn't
in the archive already, please contact us so we can get it online :)
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
December Preservation SIG Work </span></h3>
<p>We've got the <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/White_Paper/Before_It%27s_Too_Late:_A_Digital_Game_Preservation_White_Paper"
rel="nofollow">white paper</a>
ongoing, and I also intend to finish updating some of the memorials
pages which we've left for a few months due to work. If you know of any
missing memorials not in our collection we'd love to hear from you at
memorials -at- igda.org
</p>
<p>Finally, I hope with my sorting of the IA's videogame
collections icons, I can also do something about the SIG's lack of one.
We've now got a very nice Memorials icon so it'd be a shame if the SIG
as a whole doesn't have one. Ideas welcome and I'll post up any
prototypes (is that the right artistic term?) if I do some.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Mailing
List Discussions </span></h3>
<p>If you've not joined our <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/game_preservation"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/game_preservation"
rel="nofollow">mailing list</a>,
please do so. We've never tried using our forums it seems :) we stick
to old-fangled email. In November we have had discussions on the
aforementioned <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000653.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000653.html"
rel="nofollow">case study white paper research</a>, some notes on <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000650.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000650.html"
rel="nofollow">Google shutting down lively</a>, a <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000641.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000641.html"
rel="nofollow">brand new Memorials icon</a> and also some ideas for a <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000615.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000615.html"
rel="nofollow">SIG icon</a> (which still needs doing as I've noted
above), and also my visit to the <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000618.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2008-November/000618.html"
rel="nofollow">National Videogame Archive</a>.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
Preservation SIG Blog Updates / Links </span></h3>
<p><i>Have I missed anything this month? Then email it in to
preservation_news @ igda.org !</i>
</p>
<p>I'm afraid as of making this newsletter something is up on the
IGDA.org site, and I can't access the Preservation Blog front page.
I'll update the <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Monthly_Roundups/200812"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Monthly_Roundups/200812"
rel="nofollow">wiki entry</a> with the November entries as soon as I
can access it.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Final
Thoughts </span></h3>
<p>White paper work is ongoing, wish us luck doing it before our set
deadline :) and Happy Christmas from your site/blog editor!
</p>
<p>Ho ho ho!
</p>
<p>Andrew Armstrong
</p>
<p>IGDA Game Preservation SIG Site/Blog editor
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