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Game Informer press materials, paper press materials

 Unprocessed Material — Location: Main filing cabinet
Identifier: 2023-03-01

Content Description

This accession includes four filing cabinets worth of paper press materials used in the production of Game Informer magazine, primarily press releases, press kits, art on paper and film, and flyers. Materials have been grouped by the name of the issuing company and stored in separately labeled file folders. The collection seems to run through from the early to late 1990s.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

These materials were collected by former Game Informer editors Andy McNamara and Andrew Reiner and donated to the Video Game History Foundation in late 2019. Much of this material was already digitized by the Video Game History Foundation prior to its donation.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

The Video Game History Foundation and the donors believe the vast majority of the material in this accession, which was distributed for promotional purposes, can be made publicly accessible in our digital archive. To the extent that the donors have rights to other items in this collection, the donors have given the Video Game History Foundation permission to reproduce this material digitally; the intellectual property for these materials remains with their respective owners.

Use Restrictions

To the extent that the donors own the rights to the materials in this collection, they have allowed these materials to be reproduced for research and educational purposes (including both print and digital publication) with attribution to the donors and the Video Game History Foundation. The intellectual property rights for these materials remain with their respective owners.

Full Extent

approx. 29.2 Linear Feet (23 Bankers Boxes, 15.34"L.)

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

23 file storage Bankers Boxes of paper materials, approximately 29.2 linear feet.