#MediaArchaeology on S1E1 of The Silo on Apple TV :)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! #Archaeogaming is 10 years old today! On June 9, 2013, Andrew Reinhard launched archaeogaming.com (on Blogger!), which is currently maintained by Kaitlyn Kingsland. Here's a link to the very first post, which considers the question: what even is video game #archaeology

https://archaeogaming.com/2013/06/09/what-is-archaeogaming/

#DigitalHeritage #DigitalArchaeology #Retrogaming #MediaArchaeology

Today, April 26, 2023, marks the 9th anniversary of the excavation of the "Atari Burial Ground" in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
#archaeogaming #MediaArchaeology #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHeritage #retrogaming

NEW for your #archaeogaming #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHeritage #retrogaming #MediaArchaeology library:

AMNESIA REMEMBERED: Reverse Engineering a Digital Artifact (by John Aycock, Berghahn Books, 2023, part of the Digital Archaeology: Documenting the Anthropocene series edited by Andrew Reinhard).

https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/AycockAmnesia

New museum exhibit, Världens spel - A World of Games, opens on April 1 (no fooling!) at the World Cultures Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was a joy to be a part of this. #archaeogaming #DigitalHeritage #MediaArchaeology

#Archaeogaming YouTube and Twitch content-of-the-day:

In 2018 to coincide with the publication of the Archaeogaming book, Andrew Reinhard made a 13-minute video covering the basics of video game archaeology—everything from reception studies to retrogaming. It's kind of ridiculous, but does explain the basics in a fun way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Kslxma-Po

#Archaeology #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHeritage #MediaArchaeology

#Archaeogaming citation of the day:

Andrew Reinhard. 2019. Archaeology of Digital Environments: Tools, Methods, and Approaches. PhD thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of York.

Available as Open Access: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/26499/

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Looking for collaborators on developing a project that traces the history of photography through AI image generators such as Midjourney and Runway ML. #commondon #photography #aiart #history #mediaarchaeology @communicationscholars @histodons

#Archaeogaming citation of the day:

A basic primer to video/digital game archaeology

Andrew Reinhard. 2018. Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. Berghahn Books.

Spanish-language edition (with a new Introduction):

2020. Archaeogaming: Una Introducción a la arqueología en y de los videojuegos. JAS Arqueología.

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#Archaeogaming citation of the day:
Raiford Guins. 2014. Game After: A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife. MIT Press.

#RetroGaming #MediaArchaeology

#Archaogaming citation of the day:

Dennis, L. Meghan. 2019. Archaeological Ethics, Video-Games, and Digital Archaeology: A Qualitative Study on Impacts and Intersections. PhD thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of York.

Available as Open Access PDF: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/24400/

Essential reading for #DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHeritage #DigitalHumanities #MediaArchaeology

Records from the 2014 excavation of the Atari Dump Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico are available as Open Access through the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR): https://core.tdar.org/project/459204/atari-dump-site-alamogordo-new-mexico-usa

Resources currently include the manifest of the recovered games, Ebay auction data from Alamogordo's sale of the assemblage, and pre-excavation plans and sketches (1983–2014). Future funding will pay for hosting hundreds of images from the excavation and cataloguing.

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