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popsicle:

Would it be possible for someone else to take what you have created and continue with their own reviews/polls/etc. in a similar fashion?  I really liked reading the games of the day and the in depth reviews (esp. related to how they play with various mame controls and # of players)

Anyway, thanks for the great site!  I know a lot of us here tuned in regularly.



pinzach:

I don't care who downloads the entire site somehow for personal use, but someone else putting it up publicly and adding to it from there like some sort of Frankenblog would be a little weird.

I can try to re-evaluate any other options for legacy purposes, but since I hate when sites just sit there and grow old, I don't want to be a hypocrite and have mine do the same.

pinzach:

What would be great would be if everyone who reads the blog adding their two (or three or more) cents to all the Games of the Day posts by commenting on the post on the blog.  I'd be very interested in games you tried that you hadn't before and if you agree with my assessment ("that dude knows his games") or disagree ("that dude is bat-crap crazy").  Either way, your comments are a welcome and encouraged addition to each GOTD post.



ChrisK:

Well, maybe the answer is to reevaluate your dislike for dead blogs?  It's clear to see that people find value in YOUR dead blog, and Blogspot is willing to host it in perpetuity, so the only real harm it does is that it annoys you.

I don't want to try to persuade you to change your opinion on dead web sites, but I consider blogs the same as any other incrementally-updated document.  Imagine if everybody had to turn in their National Geographic magazines when someday the magazine shuts down.  The world would lose a lot of great old journalism.  For another example, I know someone who has pieced together the complete history of an old rifle based on letters between various people, government inventory records, patents, and even census records.  His work would be impossible without these historical records.

I'm not saying your game reviews are some sort of Rosetta Stone of arcade gaming that must be preserved for the good of mankind, but it is a part of the history of our community as any forum thread, and to me it would be a shame if it disappeared because the Internet is otherwise cluttered.

I just found your blog about five posts before it shut down; I've fooled around with emulation but only really got serious this past winter when I got my first cab running.  That, and a horrible case of Skyrim means I haven't gotten a chance to play most of the games on your list yet.  But I will definitely try to now!

SteveR:

I'd rather have old information than no information at all. Thank you for putting the site back up for now though.

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