It's a promise and a threat-- if it's in print, on film, on tape, saved digitally, it's forever. Or so one might think. Everyone from message boards mavens and freelance journalists to private detectives and middle-class family guys have revived the search for lost media-- forgotten flash games, snatches of song, never-seen TV pilots, and even rare slot machines. The resulting tales and the often-dead media formats they're trapped on, will not be fading into the past; they'll be seared on your corneas, and stored in your brain, forever.
