game preservation
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How Do You Preserve A Video Game?
If you often wonder how a video game gets preserved, I will let you know now that it has nothing to do with putting one of the many installation discs for Accountant Dating Sim 19 in a jar of jam. The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) very recently appointed Chris Arneil as their Assistant Curator…
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P.T. Doesn’t Work On PS5, Though At One Point It Apparently Did
Playable horror teaser P.T. isn’t backwards compatible on PS5, even if you try to transfer it directly from an existing PS4, and it’s not clear why.
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What Australian Games Do You Want Archived Next?
So the National Film and Sound Archive have begun the process of archiving eight Australian games from classics like The Hobbit up to Hollow Knight and Florence. Once that batch is done, they’ll start archiving other games — but what should they add to their collection next?
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Demon’s Souls Servers Are Shutting Down, Removing Part Of What Made The Game Great
Today, Sony Entertainment and Atlus announced that the online servers for Demon’s Souls will shut down next year on February 28. The game, which mixed online and single-player elements, will transform into something completely different. This begs the question: How do we preserve experiences tied to online features?