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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. Crates! by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 3, Funny


    Let's hope the website makes proper mention of the all-important crate. ^_^

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    1. Re:Crates! by mobby_6kl · · Score: 2, Funny

      Pipes are all the rage nowadays

  2. 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"....

  3. Re:In the beginning... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the beginning, there was Space War and it sold poorly.

    No, wait. That's not right. Let's try this again.

    In the beginning, there was the Magnavox Odyssey, and it was good even though it sold poorly.

    Erm... I still don't think that's right.

    In the beginning, there was an oscilloscope and it... erm... it... uhhh... um—

    Awww, fsck it. In the beginning there was electronics. And they were good. :-P

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  4. How long will it take . . . by ThiagoHP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    . . . to have the first edit war like the ones Wikipedia has?

    1. Re:How long will it take . . . by Minwee · · Score: 2, Funny
      Then you could slap a name on it like "WikiWars", claim it's an online game and make a new entry for it.

      But then someone would start editing that and you would enter your first round of "MetaWikiWars", which would need its own entry.

  5. Slashdotted already? by lon3st4r · · Score: 2, Funny


    Game innovation # 5349: /. effect
    Take down an rogue website by diverting slashdot traffic.
    From the advanced tactical manouvres handbook

  6. I've got a classic for you by GroeFaZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pong

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  7. 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.

  8. At the top of the list... by scolby · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...DOA's breast physics.