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BobA:
News article on CNET about a huge game collection donated to Stanford U.  Video so you have to put up with a commercial.

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bfauska:
That's pretty cool.  I agree with the interviewee about the packaging itself being an important artifact.  Those boxes remind me of a different time in my life, and the design work on the boxes is an art that will now be preserved.

danny_galaga:


my craptastic innernets only let me look at the ad! which was nice...

just curious about a link on that site:

http://news.com.com/2300-1043_3-6168159-1.html

how the hell did they decide these are the top ten most important games ever?

BobA:
I guess the guy picked the top ten out of his hat.   I don't see any reference to sources so they must be his choices.   I cannot figure out why that soccer game is in the list at all.

KenToad:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 07, 2007, 10:02:37 pm ---

my craptastic innernets only let me look at the ad! which was nice...

just curious about a link on that site:

http://news.com.com/2300-1043_3-6168159-1.html

how the hell did they decide these are the top ten most important games ever?

--- End quote ---

Well, I don't think they are the best games ever, but I could dig that they might be the most important landmarks in gaming history, i.e. games that defined genres.

This just makes me think that I am justified in thinking that Ivy League Colleges are mainly for rich people and their offspring.  That collector was a former student there, at Stanford. 

Yes, I'm jealous.

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