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   Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:32 JST Andrew Plotkin

   #GDC2024 Okay one more talk: what’s new in game history.
   Phil Salvador, Laine Nooney, Henry Lowood, Kendra Albert, Chloe Appleby

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     powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:25 JST powersoffour

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     @zarfeblong Any chance they've talked about Dark Sun Online, which I hear has had a flurry of recent activity in the server space?

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:27 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     There is rising recognition and support for community preservation projects. NCSoft licensing a City of Heroes fan server.

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:28 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     (I am part of this too, with my Infocom game file archive.)

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:29 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     Phil talking about citizen archivists and fan preservation projects. “The first line of defense”. Wheeler Dealers (Dani Bunten’s first game), found and preserved. Design documents from Donkey Kong. Games for thr Casio Loopy.

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:30 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     (I know Phil from Myst fandom — he helped get a bunch of historical video from the production of Riven digitized and archived.)

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:12:31 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     Crowded room! Albeit this is one of the half-size rooms at thr conference center. Still, a lot of people interested in this.

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     powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:47:46 JST powersoffour

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     @zarfeblong thank you for live tooting them. I'm really curious about this notion of 2024 being the year of TTG history!

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     Andrew Plotkin (zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:47:48 JST Andrew Plotkin

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     @powersoffour Dont think it was mentioned but these were all condensed talks