In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames
have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms …

Game reviews are one of the primary forms of videogame journalism and are also one of the
prevalent forms of discourse about games. How can we characterize them and better …

Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames
are disappearing. Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles …

The amount of content from digital origin permanently increases. The short lifespan of digital
media makes it necessary to develop strategies to preserve its content for future use. Not …

This paper reports on research of scholarly research practices and requirements conducted
in the context of the Preparing DARIAH European e-Infrastructures project, with a view to …

Videogames are important cultural and economic artifacts. They also present challenges
that anticipate the problems inherent in any complex digital interactive system. Not only are …

This paper aims to show how videogames are construed as archival objects in the
videogame‐preservation literature by investigating drivers and motivations, selection of …

Gaming curation as practiced by fandom draws attention to three challenges to the idea of a
classic text by accommodating: games that are universally considered'bad'; games and …

While the project of game preservation is still in its infancy, it is already clear that its
practitioners find themselves facing a number of serious contradictions and predicaments …

Video games are a cultural phenomenon; a medium like no other that has become one of
the largest entertainment sectors in the world. While the UK boasts an enviable games …