Replayed

Replayed is a valuable resource... I read the book and wished such a resource had been available when I first dipped my toes into game preservation and game history.

Replayed represents the invaluable compilation of Henry Lowood's important work on game studies and the preservation of games software over the past two decades. Lowood was innovative in collecting, researching, and teaching on computer and video games, and his body of scholarship at the intersection of the historical study and the archival curation of games is unequalled in the United States and worldwide.

Henry Lowood, a longtime leader in the twin fields of digital preservation and game history, writes clearly, thoughtfully, and incisively. Anyone interested in these subjects will read this book with profit and pleasure.

A journey through one man's scholarly life dedicated to the history and preservation of the most elusive of concepts, the Game. Any skeptic about the importance, labor, and cultural meaning of games will emerge from this book transformed.

Replayed masterfully documents not only Lowood's career and scholarship, but the gestation and development of the software and game history and preservation fields. This is truly a landmark collection.