Do All Games Go to Heaven? Platforms, Power, and Preservation
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This week, Laine and Joost ponder the afterlife of games. From the revived Stop Killing Games campaign to Apple’s sudden delisting of a beloved indie title, your hosts dig into two timely stories that show how market power determines which games are remembered—and which quietly disappear. Then, Laine sits down with Phil Salvador of the Video Game History Foundation for a fascinating conversation about a newly digitized archive of trade magazines from the industry’s past. Together, they explore why internal business reporting—release calendars, ad buys, even distributor drama—is an essential piece of understanding how games get made, sold, and remembered.
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