Video Game Archive at UT...
Feb 16, 2007 11:05:22 GMT -5
Post by savagepencil on Feb 16, 2007 11:05:22 GMT -5
I attended an interesting meeting last night. The University of Texas at Austin is trying to set up a video game archive to preserve not only finished product but also development paraphenalia produced during some of the projects.
Richard Garriott proved the need for an archive by holding aloft a paper tape of one of his earliest programs. There aren't any PDP-11s around any longer to run it.
Warren Spector talked, taking the dangerous step of likening games to film, and illustrating that something like 90% of films made before 1920 are simply lost forever.
The Fat Man also talked but it was some trippy shit about Garriott and Steve Jackson going out in the desert with Miyamoto and building a pyramid. It was easily the most entertaining speech of the night, though.
It was interesting, and I realized my collection, if I ever tired of it, would likely go there instead of being sold.
Richard Garriott proved the need for an archive by holding aloft a paper tape of one of his earliest programs. There aren't any PDP-11s around any longer to run it.
Warren Spector talked, taking the dangerous step of likening games to film, and illustrating that something like 90% of films made before 1920 are simply lost forever.
The Fat Man also talked but it was some trippy shit about Garriott and Steve Jackson going out in the desert with Miyamoto and building a pyramid. It was easily the most entertaining speech of the night, though.
It was interesting, and I realized my collection, if I ever tired of it, would likely go there instead of being sold.
