This allows the player to ‘choose their own adventure’ and click on what interests them, but still come away with an understanding of the story. To play the games the player click arounds the city scapes in each game. Apparently the technology was actually quite advanced. The folk-inspired aesthetic and narrative focus were quite different from the ‘fast-moving’ gameplay coming out in the ‘90s. My biggest “take-aways” from the exhibit is that the games were ahead of their time as a moving storybook geared towards girls and their interests. (Sorry for bringing up such a treasured memory, PH MA people…) They are short and informative, something Beverly Serrell might approve of. The visitor could imagine these sections as labels or panels of a traditional exhibit. The exhibit of the games goes through ten sections: Intro, The Games, Origins, A Trilogy, Story, Artwork, Music, New Ventures, Conservation, Thank You/Credits. It shows an understanding of forensic and formal materiality, and how a game (for example) is fundamentally different when run on a different operating system.Įmulation further clarifies that users can “Use Emulation as a Service to…” ![]() In order to run Theresa Duncan’s games, the website uses a program called Emulation.Įmulation’s goal is to “provide a digital object’s native environment and thus maintain its original characteristics, look and feel, and utility.” Such a program is key in digital media preservation efforts now and in the future. This is because our operating systems have changed drastically in the last 20+ years, and even in the last five years. I really appreciate that their online exhibits are free, too!Īs we all know, hardly anyone is capable of running a CD-ROM on their laptop. Rhizome is a great example of a collection of online exhibits and interpretation of digital objects. ![]() Their other exhibits seem similar to Theresa Duncan’s CD ROMs in format and language. ![]() The New Museum, physically located in New York City, hosts a series of online only exhibitions on their platform – Rhizome. This website is a part of First Look: New Art Online – a “Series of innovative online projects and new commissions”. My approach to this practicum was to read through the entire website and click on the links in the text, which helped me understand the service which ran these 20+ year old games. It took me a couple of times opening the page to realize that it was the page talking to me, not the music I was listening to… When users open the page they are greeted with the phrase “Hey! What’s the rumpus?” in a young, friendly voice. The Theresa Duncan’s CD-ROMs website is a thing of beauty.
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