Why should we treat video games as archaeological sites?

From Fieldwork to Digital Spaces: Florence describes her journey from working on London construction sites as a heritage consultant to discovering the "archaeogaming" community on the Internet.

The Elden Ring Survey: A deep dive into Florence’s "laborious" process of mapping the Church of Elleh using the player’s foot as a unit of measurement.

Deciphering Player Traces: How bloodstains and messages left by "people who play videogames" serve as digital artifacts of human activity and server algorithms.

Generative Archaeology Games: An exploration of procedural generation and games like Blue Prince and Outer Wilds that encourage players to role-play as interpreters of material culture.

The Ethics of Recording: Why we must treat the "assemblage of play" (the player, hardware, and software) as a significant cultural form before it disappears into the ether.