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presentation by Megan Winget (UT Austin) at NIMk, Amsterdam on June 28th 2011 for the expert meeting: Born Digital preservation challenges?
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Thinking About Videogames
Megan WingetSchool of Information
University of Texas at Austin
Game Archives
1. Emulation Test-beds
2. Artifacts of Participatory Culture (i.e., game performance archives)
3. Archives of Documents, source code, digital assets, ancillary documentation of system development
4. Artifact collections
5. Collaborations among Libraries, Archives & Museums
Game Archives
1. Emulation Test-beds
2. Artifacts of Participatory Culture (i.e., game performance archives)
3. Archives of Documents, source code, digital assets, ancillary documentation of system development
4. Artifact collections
5. Collaborations among Libraries, Archives & Museums
The Game
Engine
Publisher
Art / Design
Game Tech
IP Holder
Mods
Level Mods
Total Conversion
Machinima
Etc.
Game RepresentationsObject? Artifact? System? Entity!
Game Representations
Context: The Games & Supporting Materials
Context: Cultural Materials
Context: Artifacts of Participatory Culture
Library of Books in Ultima Online
Stars of Intrepid Wiki in Star Wars Galaxies
Live Event Chat Transcripts in Matrix Online
How Am I For Time?
Library in UltimaBooks were collected
“…on the Catskills shard of Ultima Online. They were gathered sparingly from the inception of the server by a character named Stilgar of the Shadow Rangers until 1999 and in earnest [by Mr. Bacon] in 1999 and 2000”
“These obviously represent a small slice of the books that were written in game. Many books on Catskills were behind locked doors and their owners inaccessible. Many books before I started collecting in earnest were lost. I myself had small collection decay while trying to move them from a smaller house to a larger one. And obviously many years have passed since I was collecting. (I heard that the person’s house that I had left them to may have decayed so my offline copies may be the only that remain) Also there are many, many more shards than just Catskills with book collections of their own.”
Library in Ultima (Characteristics)
24 Directories717 Books
Intrepid History Project (1)Wiki to collect and preserve:
“This website is for sharing your memories, sharing your thoughts, and sharing your friends. Hopefully it manages to get enough community support so we can all dig through the memories. Even the vets want to be transported back to the magic that once was. There are many historical things that happened on Intrepid. We also have our own fair share of server legendary events. Share your dreams of times past and contribute to saving Intrepid's history.”
Intrepid History Project (characteristics)
1,403 pages
19 sections
Matrix Online (1)
Much more personal vision of player experience
Use of HTML rather than wikis to preserve content similar to Stars of Intrepid
Centralized web site for Matrix Online live event transcriptsI don’t think Matrix Online has guild-like entitiesAny community built around this site is created by site
content alone
Matrix Online (2)
Tectonic Shift
Production and authorship
Dissemination
Concept of authoritative content
Increasing importance of contextual information