I think I have an academic article in me about the "peperony and chease" tombstone form The Oregon Trail as an artifact of the game industry's failures to preserve its own history
Today, we're showing off the Video Game History Foundation's digital library platform for the first time. This has been my main project for the last two years. I'm really proud of this and excited to finally show people what we've been working on and where VGHF is going next
@shadsy I love this idea, this will be a fantastic source for all historians.
It also makes me sad that in Italy, people are asking money to get access to scans of magazines and even get mad and publicly shame those that try to share them outside of their "circle".
VGHF is kicking off our annual fundraiser with a video game history advent calendar! Every day next month, we're sharing a cool treat from our collection.
Sign up for our mailing list and get them sent to you every day! OR, join our Patreon and get them a day early! Patrons can see the first treat right now, and it's real good
I want to emphasize this: we have scanned 1200 video game magazines that weren't previously available online! When we get duplicate issues, if they aren't already scanned, we send them off to a local vendor.
Twelve hundred!!! And we have another 300-400 we need to send still!
Anyone have recommendations for film digitization shops in the Dallas area? Trying to help someone who wants to digitize a 35mm and is looking for a local vendor
After a week of getting yelled at by internet randos about a scientific study that I spent a year working on, it was reassuring to hear that my peers in the field loved it. Knot removed from chest
The next aesthetic is going to be washed-out SD miniDV cam footage where they're trying to hold the camera still without a tripod, and they do a really slow zoom-in
Today a high-ranking executive from Maxis told me I knew the history of Maxis better than they did. I think I'm going to spend the rest of the day vibrating out of my chair in excitement