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The Atlantic has just published an interesting piece on videogame preservation. Here's a key passage:
"The Video Game Archive at the University of Texas collects memos, beta versions, and other paraphernalia documenting the game-making process. Stanford, Michigan, and Berlin’s Computer Game Museum have amassed thousands of old games and consoles. And thousands of private collectors post source code online for so-called abandonware—games that no longer are published or supported by the companies that created them.“The cultural history of our world is wrapped up in digital worlds, and in the future, if people want to understand our culture, they’re going to need documents and information,” says Henry Lowood, who leads the preservation effort at Stanford. “We’re in a position to do something about that for these synthetic worlds.” (Clay Risen, The Atlantic)
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