Library of Congress Wants to Play Video Games- er, Preserve Video Game Culture

mariomario
edited May 2006 in Games
From the International House of SCIENCE! (because Jon hadn't put anything there for awhile; presumably that blog will be moving to our Drupal dealie at some point)... so yeah!

EDIT: Hrm, the links aren't working. Well, go to the front page then.

Comments

  • ApathyApathy
    edited May 2006
    Yes the government is still bad.

    But I think it was definitely going to happen eventually. Especially when you consider that we are a multi-media society now.
  • kukopankikukopanki
    edited May 2006
    MULTI-media means a lot of medias.. just trying to explain things to people 'sall.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited May 2006
    Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

    We don't rely on one form of information now. Not everything is just written down on paper. We have audio and visual stuff now too. It was only a matter of time before video games became something that need to be set aside as a cultural milestone.
  • NukivajNukivaj
    edited May 2006
    Come on, they just need to buy a Wii.
  • jcjc
    edited May 2006
    This is really, really good news. I don't know exactly how the Library of Congress would choose to archive stuff, but I hope they decide to keep ROM images of classic material in addition to media. Not only because you'd be less dependent on the 'playback' device, but also because a lot of, for example, arcade boards have already permanently lost their data. It would be nice not to have to depend on those ancient chips to preserve our classic games.

    Oh, also they should hire me.

    Oh, and I just realized that, sinceI will actually be a librarian in roughly 1.5 years, there is a possible universe in which they actually could hire me.
  • mariomario
    edited May 2006
    Too bad that even though law permits the creation of ROMs as digital backups for archival purposes, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act prevents their creation, as it requires circumventing copy protection schemes. Hopefully someone will sort out this little legal loophole some day.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited May 2006
    I think that's where the whole 'co-operation with private enterprise' will come into play.

    I assume if they make the roms themselves it's not illegal, seeing as how it's their intellectual property. Something like that.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited May 2006
    Well, perhaps they can receive permission for archival purposes?
  • stefstef
    edited May 2006
    !!!!!!!!! wrote:
    Oh, and I just realized that, sinceI will actually be a librarian in roughly 1.5 years, there is a possible universe in which they actually could hire me.

    JC, have you decided to go to library school? Explain!
  • GarnetGarnet
    edited May 2006
    I know....it took me awhile to notice this thread. :p

    Anyway, many of the libraries around in the midwest seem to have copies of games(PC, Playstation 1,2, and even Gamecube). I think it's pretty nice to be able to try out them out. These games (both newer and old) are in use and not just put away for safe keeping. I think it's good for younger generations to try out the older games and experience why they are called classics.I've also noticed you can request certain classic computer games like Master of Orion and Tiefighter. It's a pretty neat system.
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited May 2006
    Kickass.

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