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White paper work has gone on strongly and GDC is looming!
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
Preservation SIG February 2009 Work </span></h3>
<p>The white paper "<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>"
is now nearly complete, there is some more editing to do and printing
to take care of before GDC. Good work all who has contributed to it!
we'll release a digital copy to the SIG and public when we can :)
</p>
<p>The SIG also has a logo, finally. I finished up the design, and is
shown proudly on our <a
href="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/wiki/Game_Preservation_SIG" rel="nofollow">wiki
page</a>. I'll be sure to get it on future content, new IGDA site
pages, and whatever else I can.
</p>
<p>At the Internet Archive we have two major changes - <a
href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Satakore.com%22"
class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Satakore.com%22"
rel="nofollow">contributions to the videogame footage collection</a>
from <a href="http://www.satakore.com/" class="external text"
title="http://www.satakore.com/" rel="nofollow">Satakore.com</a>, a
Sega site.
</p>
<p>Secondly, we have been working on the new section for <a
href="http://www.archive.org/details/gamepatches" class="external text"
title="http://www.archive.org/details/gamepatches" rel="nofollow">game
patches</a>.
This is currently having bits and pieces added to it (so I can get up
to speed on the kind of thing which is a good idea to do for items -
patch notes, etc.). Help would be welcome, so if anyone has a large
collection of patches, especially for older titles, getting them to me
or uploading them would be a great help. Contact me or Simon (simon
-at- archive -dot- org) to offer help.
</p>
<p>We also have had some interest for starting up the Oral
Histories project for real, at least in collaboration with existing
efforts in the area - Dean O’Donnell from Worcester Polytechnic
Institute. The collectors information project might also get some help
from Stuart Feldhamer, thank you both!
</p>
<p>Finally, Dan Pinchbeck from Portsmouth University has got some
preservation panel work to be offered to <a
href="http://www.digra.org/" class="external text"
title="http://www.digra.org/" rel="nofollow">DiGRA</a>,
one item will be the white paper, and some other related research of
course. The actual event is at Brunel University, West London 1st - 4th
of September 2009, a date for your diaries if you're in the UK.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Future
Work for March 2009 </span></h3>
<p>Major items to get done in March include preparing for GDC. We'll
make sure to advertise when the extra meeting session will be, the
roundtable has been confirmed to be <a
href="https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=99189"
class="external text"
title="https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=99189"
rel="nofollow">Friday (March 27, 2009), 2:30pm — 3:30pm</a>. Catch us
there if possible!
</p>
<p>I personally am also going to report on <a
href="http://byte-back.info/" class="external text"
title="http://byte-back.info/" rel="nofollow">Byte-Back</a> next
weekend, and finally play some more old videogames. I certainly don't
do enough in that regard!
</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.
</p>
<p><a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/thread.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/thread.html"
rel="nofollow">This month</a> we have discussions on <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000817.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000817.html"
rel="nofollow">an extra GDC meeting</a>, the aforementioned <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000822.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000822.html"
rel="nofollow">collectors project</a> and <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000845.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000845.html"
rel="nofollow">oral histories</a>, as well as a lot around <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000834.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000834.html"
rel="nofollow">KEEP</a>.
</p>
<p>There is also sad discussion on <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000890.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000890.html"
rel="nofollow">HOTU</a> (Home of the Underdogs) shutting down, and an
interesting discussion started on <a
href="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000858.html"
class="external text"
title="http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/game_preservation/2009-February/000858.html"
rel="nofollow">preserving analogue media correctly</a>. Contributions
to the latter discussion welcomed this month!
</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><b>Note</b>: this month I've been terribly lax. I've got 300+
things just in my RSS feeds to check out, so expect more news on the
blog next month.
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/03/the_national_vi.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/03/the_national_vi.html"
rel="nofollow">The National Videogame Archive Updates and My Report</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/retroaction_ret.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/retroaction_ret.html"
rel="nofollow">Retroaction - Retro Gaming Mag</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/ask_the_game_tr.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/ask_the_game_tr.html"
rel="nofollow">Ask the Game Trust: The First Game You Bought</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/home_of_the_und.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/home_of_the_und.html"
rel="nofollow">Home of the Underdogs Website Hosting Ceased</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/the_trough_of_n.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/the_trough_of_n.html"
rel="nofollow">The Trough of No Value</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/im_back.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/im_back.html"
rel="nofollow">I'm Back!</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/european_projec.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/european_projec.html"
rel="nofollow">European Project KEEP - Keeping emulation environments
portable</a>
</li>
<li> <a
href="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/on_daikatana.html"
class="external text"
title="http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/02/on_daikatana.html"
rel="nofollow">On Daikatana</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Final
Thoughts </span></h3>
<p>Hopefully we'll see some of the SIG gather at GDC :) should be fun!
</p>
<p>Andrew Armstrong
</p>
<p>IGDA Game Preservation SIG Site/Blog editor
</p>
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