Preserving Virtual Worlds 2
Preserving Virtual Worlds 2 is an ongoing research project funded by the IMLS that expands upon the initial work of PVW. PVW2 focuses on determining significant properties for a variety of educational games and game franchises in order to provide a set of best practices for preserving the materials through virtualization technologies [...]
Read MorePreserving Virtual Worlds Final Report
The Final Report of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project is now available through the University of Illinois IDEALS repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2142/17097. The report includes findings from the entire project team on issues relating to the preservation of video games and interaction fiction, including issues around library & archival collection development/management, bibliographic description, copyright & intellectual [...]
Read MorePreserving Virtual Worlds on This Way Up
This Way Up, a radio show with Simon Morton from Radio New Zealand National which focuses on things that people use and consume, will be airing an interview with Jerome McDonough regarding the Preserving Virtual Worlds work on Saturday, Aug. 8. The i…
Read MoreUSA Today
USA Today has an article today on the International Videogame Hall of fame, with a brief mention of other game archiving efforts, including Preserving Virtual Worlds.
Read MoreEbert on Games
Roger Ebert has written an article expanding on his earlier statement that “video games can never be art.” As might be expected, it has produced a comment thread many, many times longer than the article itself. I don’t find Ebert’s arguments that persuasive, and his concluding paragraph is particularly weak:
I allow Sangtiago the last word. [...]
Behind the Avatar
Photojournalist Robbie Cooper has published a book Alter Ego: Avatars and their Creators, which has photographs of gamers from around the world, paired with pictures of their respective avatars. Some samples from the book are available at his site, http://www.robbiecooper.org/. Click on the link that says “Simulations” and then on the one that says [...]
Read MorePVW on VOA
Art Chimes of Voice of America did a segment on his show regarding the Preserving Virtual Worlds project. You can find the show online here, with the segment on PVW starting at about 15:53.
Read MoreThere will be no There there.
There.com announces that they’re shutting down as of March 9th.
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