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Just a note - thanks again for these Chris! I managed to sort adding
them along with my two reference books to the list. More welcome from
anyone however, especially with notes like Chris has, since I don't
really want to source books randomly off Amazon if I don't know what is
in them first!<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
Chris Lepine wrote:
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cite="mid:B282981D-816E-47DD-A530-EA9983ADDE09@artfulgamer.com"
type="cite">Hi Andrew,
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<div>I can recommend a few books on the subject of video games that
I've read over the years. AFAIK, none are available as a free download
... but they do provide a great sense of game history:</div>
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</div>
<div>Dungeons and Desktops, by Matt Barton</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-playing/dp/1568814119">http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-playing/dp/1568814119</a></div>
<div>(probably the most comprehensive history of role playing games
ever written - he literally reviews a huge number of games, talks about
their design, style, etc)</div>
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</div>
<div>Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed
Pop Culture, by David Kushner</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0375505245">http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0375505245</a></div>
<div>(the history of id software - very good storytelling, and
insights into the personalities of the two Johns)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon, by
Steven L. Kent</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-History-Video-Games-Pokemon/dp/0761536434">http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-History-Video-Games-Pokemon/dp/0761536434</a></div>
<div>(more of a referential history of video games)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from
Geek to Chic, by Brad King & John Borland</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dreamers-Rise-Computer-Culture/dp/0072228881">http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dreamers-Rise-Computer-Culture/dp/0072228881</a></div>
<div>(some good storytelling that follows the life of Richard
Garriott among others - it gave me a good sense for how Ultima was
conceived in relation to his personal life)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game
Programmers, by James Hague</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/">http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/</a></div>
<div>(free, interesting, interviews with some of the big names of the
80s and early 90s - it gave me a sense for the development challenges
that developers face)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>And although these are only tangentially related, books on the
development of the Commodore 64 and Apple //e are extremely important
for understanding the history of video games as they helped to create
the possibility for mass-market computer games:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Steven Levy</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/729">http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/729</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore, by
Brian Bagnall</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.variantpress.com/books/on-the-edge">http://www.variantpress.com/books/on-the-edge</a></div>
<div>(seems to be temporarily Out of Stock)</div>
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<div>Hope that helps.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- Chris</div>
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<div>The Artful Gamer: In Search of the Lyrical and Poetic in Video
Games</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.artfulgamer.com">http://www.artfulgamer.com</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">Date:
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:44:36 +0000</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">From: Andrew Armstrong <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:andrew@aarmstrong.org">andrew@aarmstrong.org</a>></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Subject: [game_preservation] Calling for
resources! Books! Websites!</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whatever!</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">To: IGDA Game Preservation SIG <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:game_preservation@igda.org">game_preservation@igda.org</a>></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Message-ID: <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:49669DF4.4070907@aarmstrong.org">49669DF4.4070907@aarmstrong.org</a>></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">I'm now board of not updating the
resources and projects pages:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Resources">http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Resources</a></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Projects">http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG/Projects</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">I need your links, books, website and
whatever you think is historically<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">related to videogames. I'm more aiming at
broader sites with videogame<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">knowledge (so I'll be adding <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.wikia.com">http://www.wikia.com</a>/
and <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.magweasel.com">http://www.magweasel.com</a>/ for
instance). However, if you can provide a<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">specific article, great! (better if it
covers more then one game however).</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">I will be trying (in between getting a
job, grr, and doing some other<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">bits) sorting out the page at least
filling it with random links for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">now. In the future I hope to get the
domains I've had for a while for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">the Digital Game Canon project online and
with a quick and dirty<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">PHP/MySQL solution so I can add these
links in much better ways (so I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">can tag them, have source lines
generated, have boxes for the URL or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">item name, page references, etc.).</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED! Honestly, there
are a LOT of sites I've visited<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">I need to add now, but also there are a
lot I have not! One of them may<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">be yours! Post it!</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">And if there is any other site which
helps list game<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">history/preservation projects, resources
and links, please, I'd love to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">know of it :)</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Thanks,</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Andrew</div>
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