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Henry Lowood
Henry Lowood, currently living in San Bruno, California, is a library Curator of History of science and technology, film and media at the University of Stanford. He has being an employee of the University for 32 years. He jumped straight into his profession after graduating the University of California. He gained the appropriate qualifications for University at Alexandra Hamilton High School in Los Angeles.

Lowood began his profession at Stanford University as an ordinary librarian back in the 1980s. His career soon climbed into the more important role in which he now holds within the University, of being a library Curator. Since 2000, Lowood has headed a project named ‘How They Got Game’. The history and preservation of digital games, virtual worlds and interactive simulations as new media forms now immerging together, was the main focus of the overall project. Research was conducted in five main areas of computer games: storytelling, strategy, simulation, sports, and shooters.

How They Got Game and it's result
The main outcome so far in relation to the project is the exhibition of two museums in 2003 and 2004, which featured the worlds of computer games, art and military simulation; the Machinima Archive. The Machinima Archive, is a joint effort of the Internet Archive, the How They Got Game project, the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences, and Machinima.com. The archive is a collection of machinima films, which can be found on Archive.org, and accepts Machinima productions from various internet publishers and other producers.

It is important for Henry Lowood to gain credit for the project he led as it has impacted the world of Machinima. The leading of this project resulted in the existance of the Machinima Archive, which was a huge step for this form of film within today's media society.