In an attempt to chronicle and study the more than 50-year history of games, archivists have begun preserving games, consoles and game publications as cultural artifacts. This article profiles Stony Brook University's new game collection, breaks down some of the core principles of game preservation and takes a look at the future of the field.
Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
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Author Harold Goldberg sits down with Bitmob to discuss his new book All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How 50 Years of Videogames Influenced Pop Culture.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
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As realistic as modern-day military FPSes like to think they are, they still pale in comparison to lots of today’s war movies (not to mention actual war). So what are these games getting wrong?
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
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This week we take a look at the NIMROD computer and the birthday of an unprecedentedly good video-game voice actor.
Sunday, May 01, 2011 |
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Halo 2, Gears of War, Medal of Honor, the PlayStation 3, and Guitar Hero all launched during This Week in Video-Game History.
Sunday, November 07, 2010 |
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This Week in Video Game History is jam-packed full of tasty tidbits in an effort to get the series caught up with the current week.
Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
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In the midst of the current legal debate over video games, one thing is certain: we've done this before. An examination of the parallels between attempts to censor video games and previous attempts to censor films and comic books.
Saturday, July 03, 2010 |
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