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Game Innovation Database

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-know-who-had-the-first-butt-stomp dept.

nyxon writes "BBC News has an article about a 'website that aims to record the history of videogame innovation ... The Game Innovation Database (GIDb)has been developed by a team at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. The online encyclopedia is similar to Wikipedia and allows users to browse and edit the site's content. The developers hope that games fanatics can start to build a complete picture of the last 35 years of games history.'"

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  1. Re:You know it's incomplete when... by dlc3007 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't you try Custer's Revenge or Leisure Suit Larry? Not that I'd call either of those titles "revolutionary"....

  2. What's the license on the content? by Animats · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There doesn't seem to be anything on the site explaining what licensing terms apply to the content. If the Game Innovation Database uses the GFDL, like Wikipedia, then Wikipedia game content (of which there is rather a lot) can be moved to the Game Innovation Database. If CMU is taking an "all your base are belong to us" approach to content ownership, that can't happen.