This is exactly why the responsibility falls on the fans. It's up to us to ensure that we keep a record of the games we love, or love to hate.

Wikipedia might be the wrong database, though wikis are a great tool. Wikia Gaming (www.gaming.wikia.com) was founded by J. Wales, with the same vision of Wikipedia, but more concerned with enabling rather than limiting the knowledge base. If Wikipedia is the encyclopedia, Wikia is the rest of the library.

With a wealth of information available online, it's easy to get lost and buried; communities however can sort through the information, document it, and share their passion with others. And there are thousands of such communities building content that won't be lost on both new and old titles. Games like Fallout (http://fallout.wikia.com) have a great community and a wealth of information on the franchise, even Mario (http://mario.wikia.com) and Zelda (http://zelda.wikia.com) will cheat death with an active community. Not to mention the MUD wiki is now at Wikia (http://mud.wikia.com/wiki/MUD).

The tools are there, the passion is there, the movement just needs a leader...or a historian :)

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