A game that can no longer be played, regardless of whether a boxed copy exists or a museum exhibit displays its logo, is not preserved. Donating defunct hardware or promotional discs does not preserve interactive media—it aestheticizes its erasure.

This is unsettling but necessary subject to address. Not just a nuisance in gaming spaces—an abusive menace to any community he infiltrates. We've got to reject bad actors seeking to damage the gaming community.