
Archaeological Methods in Archaeogaming
One of my intents with exploring the archaeology of video games is to create a set of archaeological methods that can be applied to conducting actual survey, excavation, and perhaps […]
Exploring the archaeology in (and of) video games.
One of my intents with exploring the archaeology of video games is to create a set of archaeological methods that can be applied to conducting actual survey, excavation, and perhaps […]
Introduction Today’s post is by Aris Politopoulos, a veteran gamer and Ph.D student at the University of Leiden. He recently spoke to his friends at Leiden’s Archaeology Forum on the […]
FROM THE EDITOR: A second winning eBay bidder reached out to Archaeogaming to talk about the reasons behind the desire to obtain one of the copies of E.T. excavated from […]
Introduction I received the comments below on Nov. 16, 2014, from an anonymous winning bidder of one of the E.T. games from the excavation in Alamogordo, New Mexico, that were […]
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. […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Elder Scrolls game universe was created by Bethesda Softworks, beginning with the release of Arena (1994), then Daggerfall (1996), Morrowind (2002), Oblivion (2006), Skyrim (2011), before passing the torch […]
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. While numismatists are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also […]
First, apologies for the long silence here at Archaeogaming! You can expect good things from AG HQ this summer as I play Elder Scrolls Online and Wildstar MMOs in anticipation of Destiny and […]
Here’s a guest post I wrote for the good people of Love Archaeology on their Almost Archaeology blog about the excavation of the Atari Dump Site. Have a read: Exhuming Atari, or Punk Archaeology Levels Up. Andrew Reinhard, Archaeogaming
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.
I am extraordinarily happy to announce that the Xbox Wire published its press release today about the April 26th excavation of the Atari Landfill (aka Atari Dump Site, E.T. Burial Ground, etc.) in Alamogordo, New Mexico. I’m part of the team of archaeologists referenced in the press release, and will be joined by archaeologists Richard Rothaus, Bill Caraher, and Lindsay […]
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. […]