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What’s In a Name?

This is not a media archaeology lab. This is not an archive. This is a research collection.

Residual Media Depot main slide deck

An introduction to all aspects of the Residual Media Depot in slide form (PDF, 5+MB. Version 1, 2017-06-07).

The Video Game Archaeologist

Profile of Darren Wershler and the Residual Media Depot by Karl Rettino-Parazelli for Le Devoir, June 5, 2017. Original here.

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The Residual Media Depot (RMD) is a project of the Media History Research Centre in the Milieux Institute at Concordia University, under the direction of Darren Wershler, the Concordia University Research Chair in Media & Contemporary Literature.

The RMD is a sister organization of the Media Archaeology Lab of the University of Colorado At Boulder and The Archaeologies of Media and Technology Research group (AMT) at the University of Southhampton.

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Milieux Institute
Engineering, Computer Science & Visual Arts Integrated Complex

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Dr. Darren Wershler
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1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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@residualmedia on Twitter

May 26, 2020

Excellent 3D printing controller repair thread; particular heads-up to @a_l_davidson

Dennis van den Broek@PointerFunction

mini-repair thread!
‘Fixed’ my N64 controller (joystick wobble) using my Resin Printer :D

May 25, 2020

And @GlandeurLessard will surely have something on this …

Muira McCammon@muira_mccammon

Hey, #ICA20, I'm co-editing an @InternetHistor special issue on dead platforms! Abstracts due by Sept 1, 2020. We particularly encourage submissions about platforms launched, used and/or remembered outside of Silicon Valley. Check out our call for papers: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/dead-and-dying-platforms

May 25, 2020

ping @loriemerson

Muira McCammon@muira_mccammon

Hey, #ICA20, I'm co-editing an @InternetHistor special issue on dead platforms! Abstracts due by Sept 1, 2020. We particularly encourage submissions about platforms launched, used and/or remembered outside of Silicon Valley. Check out our call for papers: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/dead-and-dying-platforms

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May 25, 2020

Well, I thought this thread was done, but who popped in but none other than legendary Atari designer Garry Kitchen!

https://twitter.com/kitchengarry/status/1264806581868261376

Garry Kitchen@kitchengarry

@kobunheat Actually let me give you a little bit of first hand video game history. Around 1988, my company Absolute Entertainment was based in northern New Jersey. Well, Toys ‘R Us had their world headquarters a few miles from our office, and we had a relationship w the video game buyer /1

May 25, 2020

Just ordered two of the new Triple Bypass boards from @RetroRGB … though I have no idea how long it will be before @Ace9921Tweets and I can install them to add to our Sega sound mod survey because the university remains closed …

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