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News Flash: Kongregate is Fading
I remember playing a lot of Flash games. Good way to get entertainment on a budget of zero. One of the big sites for those, Kongregate, though, is beginning to…
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Internet Archive in Trouble
So, you might have heard, but in case you haven't, the Internet Archive is being sued. https://datahorde.org/a-timeline-of-the-national-emergency-library-controversy/ This is a problem. IA is not only the best means we have…
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Justice For All
So guess what what just declared public domain? Everybody's favorite source of reading material: legal documents! So some context: a guy by the name of Carl Malamud runs a site…
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Game Preservation Basics
Okay, so this is a subject admittedly fed to us from the overlords partners at Gaming Alexandria. But it's a neat one, so here we go! Game preservation isn't just…
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The One Forgotten Game I Have
So, I don't have too many connections but I do have one game on a hard drive that I'm pretty sure can't be found elsewhere! It's called Pink Rose Garden…
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A Few More Coals to the Fire
The Data Horde's goal is to document and encourage various archival efforts so that our culture may last for just a little bit longer. We've discussed what happens when there…
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Welcome to the new site!
So we've just moved to the new site! Things are going along ...alright? I think? Anyway, this is in partnership with the wonderful people at Gaming Alexandria! They've helped us…
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How the Annotation Worker …Worked
So the annotation thing. You remember that, right? Well, here is how the worker seemed to function. Note that I'm getting this information from a brief cursory glance (and chatting…
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Keep Circulating the Tapes
If you recognize the title, chances are you know what I'm about to talk about. For those of you who don't, the phrase appeared in the credits of the first…
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Why is this important? Or, the story of Victor Trembly
So let's start off with a story. It's 2013 and I've just found out Homestar Runner made a reappearance. Strong Bad gets his name wrong and calls him Homestuck. I…