Preserving videogames via the Library of Congress

Kotaku has a feature on the US Library of Congress's efforts to preserve video games as part of their collection:

The fact of the matter is, according to The Library of Congress, video games are just as important to our historical past as literature, movies and music. And at the moment, the LoC is teaming up with major universities across the country to begin a 2-year initiative with the sole intent of figuring out just how institutions can preserve video games for years to come, while making the content accessible for use and study.

So our story today doesn't present some artificial controversy ending in a sad, bleak future of debate and wasted efforts. Our story today is about the very real victory for game developers, enthusiasts and scholars, in which the top library in the nation has said they're part of this video game fad for the count.

There's some good analysis on the difficulties that arise when attempting to archive video games, from hardware preservation to copyright issues, much like the problems faced by The Library of Congress when the film archive first began.