Replayed: Essential Writings on Software Preservation and Game Histories

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Replayed: Essential Writings on Software Preservation and Game Histories by Henry Lowood, edited by Raiford Guins
English | June 6, 2023 | ISBN: 1421445948 | True EPUB | 376 pages | 10.6 MB

A leading voice in technology studies shares a collection of essential essays on the preservation of software and history of games.

Since the early 2000s, Henry Lowood has led or had a key role in numerous initiatives devoted to the preservation and documentation of virtual worlds, digital games, and interactive simulations, establishing himself as a major scholar in the field of game studies. His voluminous writings have tackled subject matter spanning the history of game design and development, military simulation, table-top games, machinima, e-sports, wargaming, and historical software archives and collection development. Replayed consolidates Lowood's far-flung and significant publications on these subjects into a single volume.