I feel this has some relevance to us as preservationists. While there is no 'Game' listing, the new updates do include a section on medium:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/</a></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><strong>Publication Medium.</strong> Every entry receives a medium of publication marker. Most entries will be listed as Print or Web, but other possibilities include Performance, DVD, or TV. Most of these markers will appear at the end of entries; however, markers for Web sources are followed by the date of access.</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Sadly, listing it as 'DVD' or 'CD' doesn't let you know what platform it is for! What if I am referencing the Stephen Jay Gould interview on Bully for Brontosaurus interactive CD for Windows 95? I don't think this will run in Vista. Or, for a better example, an Amiga CDROM? </span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">I find this surprising because either a) MLA does not care about getting software to run or b) they do not have a need to reference older digital media. Their desire to remove URLs from web references seems to indicate that they aren't that interested in getting the referenced source to run. And after all, how can you fact-check a primary source such as an interview with a dead man or an e-mail interview? You have to take it at face value.</span></font></div>
<div><br>-- <br>Devin Monnens<br><a href="http://www.deserthat.com">www.deserthat.com</a><br><br>The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br>
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