On November 12-14, the UCLA Film and Television Archive is holding a symposium entitled “Reimagining the Archive: Remapping and Remixing Traditional Modes in the Digital Era.”

We’re especially interested in the panel “Saving the Game: New Approaches to Preserving Videogame Culture.” This panel includes scholars from Stanford, UT Austin, the University of Arizona, and Arizona State University, and will explore archiving of pre-release documentation and versions, collecting user-created game artifacts (such as machinima) that reflect the culture surrounding games, and even rethinking entire concepts and methods of videogame and culture archives.

UPDATE:
This panel takes place in the James Bridges Theater at 3:30 on Saturday, November 13.  See the full schedule of events here.

Assuming you did not just come from the Game Lab site, CLICK HERE to check it out.

Coinciding with Indiecade, we are happy to announce that the UCLA Game Lab site as well as the blog are now officially public.  We’re working hard on producing and adding content on the main site and keeping this blog updated, so please do visit again.  And if you are around Culver City, be sure to head on over to Indiecade where you might just bump into one of us.

Expect much more from us soon.