Bonus Episode: Game Availability Study

Video Game History Hour

Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min

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Episode description

Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia Library and Law and Policy Advisor at the Software Preservation Network, joins us to talk about a major new study published jointly by the Video Game History Foundation and the SPN which shows 87% of classic games released in the United States are now out of print. In this episode we find out how these games have become critically endangered and why it matters.

Blog post: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/

The Study: https://zenodo.org/record/8161056

The Study explained: https://gamehistory.org/study-explainer/

See more from Brandon Butler:

Website: softwarepreservationnetwork.org

Law Firm: usefairuse.com

Twitter: @bc_butler

Video Game History Foundation:

Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour

Email: podcast@gamehistory.org

Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg

Website: gamehistory.org

Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg

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