Ongoing for a few years now, The Smithsonian Institute has been collecting the memories of prominent video game developers.
Headed by Christopher Weaver, founder of Bethesda Softworks, they've interviewed over a dozen gaming pioneers. Alexander Smith of They Create Worlds serves as the primary researcher.
Scroll down to read the transcripts. There's some fascinating stuff in here and it's awesome to know that there's a segment in government that's interested in this history! They have several more they've not yet posted as well.