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Nintendo of America is currently advertising a vacancy for what would, for many classic gaming fans, be something of a dream job. The industry giant has posted a listing for a full-time "Digital Archivist", tasked with preserving the company's storied gaming history.
According to the listing, this 12-month contract would see the successful applicant work with internal and external developers and employees to catalogue Nintendo's legacy of hardware and software, building repositories and archives along with the development of categories and naming conventions, with an eye to "Building and maintaining a searchable repository of historical systems information"
Aside from the boring numbers stuff, the candidate will be tasked with interviewing developers and other "long-tenured" employees, validating their stories and memories with archival evidence, before transcribing the history into a database of searchable documentation. In addition, summaries and reference materials will be created for future use, most likely when some suit has to give a speech pretending they know who Mother Brain is.
Now, of course, the reality of being "Nintendo's Digital Archivist" is probably a lot less glamorous than it sounds, but it has to be said that there are worse ways to earn a dollar than learning the history of a gaming giant from the people who were part of it. I can imagine the role is more PREMIS and spreadsheets than it is learning about the creation of the Captain N TV show, but the preservation of all media history is extremely important, especially in the current age of wild misinformation.
The ideal candidate requires, among many other qualifications, a Bachelor’s degree in library & information science and more than two years of experience in Digital Archiving and Records Management. That's too much college for a School of Life Cool Dude like me. Maybe I can be in charge of a sub-section. Gimme the Chain Chomp archive. Or the history of Wendy O. Koopa. Let's make sure the important stuff is locked down. This hybrid role is based in Redmond, WA. So you can at least visit the Double R.
You can learn more about the role on the Nintendo of America website.