Armchair Assassin points the gamesblog to this Gamasutra article from last week about the attempts of the US Library of Congress to "preserve" computer games and virtual worlds.
'Course, they're only interested in American games, and why not. Surely we have the British Library to do the same? One might think so. Then again, it was only last week that the head of EIDOS, Jane Cavanagh, slammed the UK government for "starving development studios" of needed creative funds. Trade body ELSPA also weighed in.
Meanwhile, the BBC has backed down from rumours that they're moving into development, so it seems like the only government-associated bodies rooting for the games team are Ofcom and the recently deceased DfES.
It's not surprising the UK's development industry has slipped to 4th place.
