{"id":218988,"date":"2021-03-18T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/the-completionist-preserved-play-march-2021-interview\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:15:00","slug":"the-completionist-hosting-preserved-play-charity-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/the-completionist-hosting-preserved-play-charity-livestream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Completionist Hosting Preserved Play Charity Livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Video games are disposable pieces of entertainment. Developers that don’t focus on backward compatibility may leave titles behind as external media changes, for instance from cartridges to discs. Sometimes projects get scrapped, such as BioWare’s Anthem 2.0<\/em><\/a>; or studios shut down, such as Disintegration<\/em>‘s V1 Interactive. Preservation efforts\u00a0for game development are important, and the upcoming Preserved Play<\/strong> charity event will benefit the work of the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF).<\/p>\n

The VGHF is a non-profit organization headed by former Gamasutra news director Frank Cifaldi and Pink Gorilla Games owner Kelsey Lewin that operates a research library, archives and restores media<\/a>, and hosts educational efforts like pop-up museums to advocate games preservation. This work came to the attention of Jirard “Dragon Rider” Khalil, also known as The Completionist, who said he is “really passionate about making sure video games are around for the next millennium.” Game Rant spoke to Khalil about his Twitch charity livestream Preserved Play, and other events celebrating his show’s tenth anniversary.<\/p>\n

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Khalil said he has known Lewin for years and has been “obsessed” with Cifaldi’s work, including his stint as the head of restoration at Digital Eclipse\u00a0for the Mega Man Legacy Collection<\/em><\/a>, so he reached out “on a whim” to see if he could help their cause. He is well-known in Internet circles for a\u00a0YouTube show started in 2011 dedicated to completing a different game every week, as well as adjacent\u00a0projects. However, while Khalil’s channel currently has 1.4 million subscribers, he said\u00a0when “I’m old and nobody cares about me,”\u00a0he sees himself as a historian or museum curator with the memorabilia he has “quietly and slowly” been amassing.<\/p>\n