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Videogame Archive Exhibit at the Austin Airport :: 10.28.09

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is proud to present an exhibit of items selected from the collections that form the UT Videogame Archive. The exhibit, entitled Behind the Screens, will be on display at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in the main terminal concourse until January 26, 2010. [more]

Students Present More Work at the Archive :: 05.16.09

With the passing of a year and the accumulation of more materials for the Videogame Archive, four student groups from the same School of Information course grappled with born-digital documentation from George Sanger, Warren Spector, and Heather Kelley. [more]

The UT Videogame Archive at AGDC :: 03.20.09

Sure, it's been several months since the Austin Game Developers Conference (AGDC) took place in September, but that's no reason why we shouldn't now talk about all the fun we had there, right? [more]

Let's Welcome Some Newcomers! :: 03.13.09

The UT Videogame Archive has continued to acquire new collection donations, and three new donations have us particularly excited about the archive's future, and they come from three high profile developers: Heather Kelley, Gordon Walton, and Rich Vogel... [more]

The Fat Man Gives More Than 60 Boxes! :: 10.28.08

On August 26, the UT Videogame Archive visited George Sanger North Austin studio, where we acquired over 60 boxes' worth of The Fat Man's archival materials. After George and I finally finished packing up the UT van... [more]

Since December it has been my privilege to work as the archivist for the UT Videogame Archive here at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.  I've been busy collecting materials for the archive, organizing and creating inventories of those materials... [more]

Six students from the University of Texas' School of Information presented their work on archiving audio files from two series of George Sanger's materials: his ill-fated GamePlay Music venture and the GDC Game Music Demo Marathon... [more]

Archive Acquires Steve Jackson Papers :: 03.26.08

The UT Videogame Archive is please to announce the acquisition of materials from Steve Jackson. The materials, originating from Steve Jackson Games, were transferred from the Austin History Center... [more]

Warren Spector Donates 20 Boxes :: 03.18.08

Another of the archive's first donors makes his first donation, which amounts to twenty boxes of documents, games, hardware, and artifacts... [more]

The Fat Man Donates 7 More Fat Boxes :: 02.13.08

George "The Fat Man" Sanger makes his second donation to the archive, which include documents and audio recordings from his career before videogames... [more]

Fundraiser Photo Gallery Posted :: 02.01.08

Images from Richard Garriott's estate and the event that kicked off the archive! The first set of many photos to come on the site, which we'll post in the News section and the Photos & Videos section.