Database

An overview of the contents of the archive.

Films from the archive

Films produced by the Grand Bear Video Game Archive that are created with an eye to produce visual essays using academic standards.

interviews

Interviews conducted by Grand Bear with select game developers and game makers with special focus on the burgeoning games industry. As well as from the development of Dead Money, the first expansion of Fallout New Vegas.

Dead Money Project

The current research project of the archive focusing on the development of Dead Money an expanded narrative of Fallout New Vegas. The project includes interviews conducted with the game makers behind the experience as well as primary sources from its development.

A visual archive of print advertising of video games with a focus on advertisements present in print comic books.

primary documents

An archive of scanned primary documents from print magazines such as Popular Electronics.

games and software

A selection of games within the archive with a focus on their packaging. Visual archives are present for each entry. This part of the database at the moment is currently modest provided the digital nature of the Grand Bear archive. .

Systems and hardware

Similarly to the 'Games and Software' section, this part of the database focuses on visual archives of select console systems.

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