{"id":1668,"date":"2009-07-30T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T09:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2009-07-30T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T09:32:06","slug":"games-uncollection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2009\/07\/30\/games-uncollection\/","title":{"rendered":"Games uncollection"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve amassed a fair games collection<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n

I guess that I’d always hoped to curate a sort of video game museum, gallery, or library. However, it’s not something that I’m really that interested in now – at least not enough to pursue it anymore. I’m much more interested in just having less stuff.<\/p>\n

I’ve previously trimmed my collection down<\/a>, but now I just want to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

It’s not that I don’t like all these old games. (Quite the opposite, I love them!). It’s just that keeping them doesn’t serve any purpose. It’s not likely that I’m going to play them again – and they just sit there in case I ever want to.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure exactly how I’ll get rid of everything. There are heaps of options: eBay<\/a>, GameTraders<\/a>, setting up my own online store, etc.<\/p>\n

Donating to a library seems like a good option because it will make the games available to a wider audience. I performed a few quick searches for video games on the State Library of Western Australia<\/a> website, but all turned up nothing (aside from related books and movies). So I sent the following email:<\/p>\n

Hello,<\/p>\n

As an avid video game player, I was wondering if the State Library or public libraries in Western Australia, have any video games in their collections. Much like literature, film, and music – video games contribute to the cultural environment and background of a large portion of the population.<\/p>\n

I am also head of “Let’s Make Games”, a local initiative to support the local video game development community which has a 20+ year history and is currently growing very quickly. I would love to see products of the Western Australian games industry collected as a means of recording this emerging culture and community.<\/p>\n

Could you please let me know if video games (locally developed or international releases) are collected? If not, are there any plans to collect them in future?<\/p>\n

Best Regards,<\/p>\n

– Nick Lowe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope that I didn’t come off as too smarmy or directive.<\/p>\n

Anyone out there have some other ideas for (or experience in) dissolving a games collection? Please comment!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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