Podcast: The Atari Narratives
The University of York (UK) invited the “Atari Burial Ground” archaeologists to speak via Skype at the recent conference, Digital Heritage Meets Interactive Storytelling. Bill Caraher and I were able […]
Review of Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
Judith Winters, editor of Internet Archaeology, asked me to review the game Never Alone from an archaeological perspective, studying how it connects to prevailing material culture while building a story […]
Where did Alamogordo’s Atari Auctions Go?
UPDATE [Nov. 12, 2014 at 7:35 p.m. EST]: More oddness: The Atari games on Ebay have dropped from 96 to 94 lots, including the $850 E.T. game with 30 bids. […]
“atari dig cartridges”: Object Life History via eBay
Originally posted on Raiford Guins:
Atari’s ewaste is on the move. SInce being excavated/processed/documented in April 2014 the retrieved materials have been stored by the City of Alamogordo and branded…
The Capitalism of Late Archaeology: Alamogordo’s Atari Games on Ebay
My friend, colleague, and fellow Punk Archaeologist Prof. Bill Caraher introduced me to what he calls the “archaeology of late capitalism”, and he wrote yesterday (Nov. 3, 2014 for those […]
My Revised Archaeogaming PhD Proposal
Archaeogaming: Reception and Application of Archaeology In Video Games Here’s my revised PhD proposal as submitted to the University of York’s Department of Archaeology on 3 October 2014. Thanks to Lorna Richardson, Colleen Morgan, Alison Atkin, Donna Yates, and Katy Meyers for their help during the revision process. Introduction This proposal has been developed via my deep interest in exploring the intersection […]
PhD Dissertation Proposal: Reception and Application of Archaeology in Video Games
Call me crazy, but I am applying to do an archaeology PhD at the University of York. Working on this Archaeogaming blog, and continuing to explore the intersection of archaeology […]
Excavating the Atari Dump Site
Watch this space! I am still in Alamogordo to continue our archaeological work with the team today, April 27th, but will blog about the real-world excavation of video games when I am home. It’s like Tron, but in reverse. Or LARPing Dig Dug. For science.
Archaeogaming in Elder Scrolls Online: Back to the Beta
Below is a post that I was told to take down by Zenimax Online during the beta testing of Elder Scrolls Online earlier this year. I am reposting it now, but unfortunately the original images are no longer available. Hopefully the text is enough for now. I am looking forward to joining the full game soon for months of archaeogaming. […]
Historical Infiltration of Video Game Journalism
Historical Infiltration of Video Game Journalism Here’s a recent post from the Play the Past blog from March 27, 2014, by David R. Hussey, on history and video game journalism. Enjoy!
“Dumping the Alien”: Archaeogaming at South by Southwest 2014
Archaeogaming is as much about exploring and conducting archaeology within gaming environments (virtual space) as it is about understanding the history of video games in the real world (meat space). The perfect, literal embodiment of archaeogaming was discussed for an hour in Austin as part of the 2014 South by Southwest festival. “Dumping the Alien: Unearthing the Atari Graveyard” featured […]
The Philosophy of Archaeology in Video Games
Look out honey, ’cause I’m using technology! Ain’t got time to make no apology . . . . I’m the world’s forgotten boy, the one who’s searchin’, searchin’ to destroy —Iggy Pop I admit it: when I’m in-game, I am a baaaad archaeologist. Indiana Jones bad (especially when I’m playing him as my Lego alter ego). I don’t take notes. […]
Video Game Archaeology in Meatspace
William Rathje would have been all over this. And maybe Fox Mulder. Picture this if you will: Somewhere in the southern desert of New Mexico, more than 150 miles south of Albuquerque, lies a secret dump-site filled with E.T. technology covered in meters of cement. Thirty years ago, a high-tech corporation had gone too far too fast and decided to […]
Archaeology awaits!
Inside the Dwemer ruins of Blackreach, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Image Bethesda Softworks LLC.
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