As part of my games preservation research, I’m always on the look for any emerging (or existing!) groups that put a premium on political advocacy with the games industry. Videogame preservation is a field largely held up by non-institutional curators and archivists (fans), the vast majority of which are unpaid, unaffiliated and underappreciated. When I saw Gamer’s Voice come across my proverbial desk, I was intrigued by two things: their ties to the Stop Killing Games movement and the fact that they had a limited company already established. Gamer’s Voice is a not-for-profit consumer advocacy group for game players set up by two friends Tom and James who met playing Magic the Gathering. They focus on issues that trouble the players of games rather than the makers of games. Games preservation is part of that but the group is also concerned about online safety regulations, campaigning for apprenticeships in the games industry, and the ways that game players are represented across the…
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