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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I just listened to both episodes. I thought they were very well
done, although I think they would both have been improved by video –
especially the one on collectors. You can’t begin to understand
collectors until you actually SEE some of their collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Henry, you made a comment in the podcast that a single player
game can be booted up in 100 years and enjoyed, but a multi-player game can’t
be, because it requires other people to play, and the guy won’t be able
to find other people to play it with him. Regardless if that is true or not, it’s
impossible to preserve the actual experience of playing the game by taking
video and screenshots. The only way the guy in 100 years is going to be able to
have the experience of playing the game is if he manages to get a whole bunch
of other people to play with him, or if we can design suitably convincing bots
to take the place of the other players.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I agree that gameplay videos have value, but the same applies to
gameplay videos of single player games. What is specifically added to the mix
by preserving gameplay videos from multi-player games? It sounded from the podcast
as if this was some kind of solution to the problem of preserving multi-player
games in general. I think it’s useful, but it only adds marginally to the
preservation of the game experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Stuart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> game_preservation-bounces@igda.org
[mailto:game_preservation-bounces@igda.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henry Lowood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> IGDA Game Preservation SIG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [game_preservation] A Life Well Wasted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Some of you may
be interested in the far-flung corners of the world that the Preserving Virtual
Worlds project has reached. Others I know are intensely interested in the
world of game collectors. In either case, check out Robert Ashley's new
podcast, A Life Well Wasted:<br>
<a href="http://alifewellwasted.com/feed/atom/">http://alifewellwasted.com/feed/atom/</a><br>
The second episode covers the world of game collectors, which I have to say is
not so different in some ways from book collectors (said from a library
perspective). The last quarter or so is about our project. Robert Ashley, the
man behind ALWW, has said on forums he might release the interview with me in
its entirety. He is a bright guy and a great interviewer -- makes you
wonder about all the talent shaking loose from 1Up.<br>
Oh, the first podcast is also interesting, covering the history and demise of
EGM.<br>
Henry</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Henry Lowood,
Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Curator for
History of Science & Technology Collections;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> Film &
Media Collections</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>HRG, Green
Library, 557 Escondido Mall</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Stanford
University Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Stanford CA
94305-6004</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>650-723-4602; <a
href="mailto:lowood@stanford.edu">lowood@stanford.edu</a>; <a
href="http://www.stanford.edu/%7Elowood">http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood</a></span>
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