Preservation, not a rewrite
Back from the archive.
The first priority is bringing the original work home. Here’s what this collection contains, and where the record still has gaps.
What survived
- 18 distinct article bodies, originally published in 2013.
- 91 recovered image files, including illustrations, resized variants, photographs, and historical site assets—not 91 distinct full-size photographs.
- 5 large photographs and 36 captioned gallery thumbnails.
- The historical About page and author biographies.
What hasn’t been recovered
The gallery’s full-size photographs were not found in the first recovery pass. Two posts contain references to embedded video; those video files have not been recovered.
This is not a complete inventory of everything ever published on Terrible Gamers. It is the recovered collection, with its limits stated openly.
What we preserved
Article wording, original publication dates, recorded bylines, captions, and shared credits. The article and recovered image paths have been retained wherever practical.
The original archived captures and recovered files are kept separately from this working site, with checksums and source records. Each article links to its archival source.
What changed
The presentation: typography, navigation, reading layouts, and small-screen behavior. Obsolete scripts and widgets are not replayed. Missing video is labeled rather than replaced with invented content.
Malformed historical URLs and links to unrecovered site pages are shown without an active link. Their original addresses remain in the preservation records; we have not guessed replacement destinations.
Writing and credits
Scott Mills identifies the recovered writing as his. The historical account byline scomills is retained in the source records and displayed as Scott Mills.
The Clint Vanderlinden post retains its original Adam Stamper and Scott Mills credit. The surviving introduction does not establish the missing video’s exact division of production or interviewing work.
What comes next
Restoration comes first. The site is built to accommodate new writing later, without requiring the author to operate a web-development stack.
Public publication, hosting activation, and domain changes remain separate decisions. Nothing here reactivates the old accounts, comments, or forum.