Saturday is National Gaming Day @ Your Library
Saturday is National Gaming Day @ Your Library
November 10, 2008
Books?
Who needs books at a library?
This Saturday is gaming day in the stacks, baby.
That's because the American Library Association has declared November 15th to be the first-ever National Gaming Day @ Your Library Day. Libraries across the country (some more than others, certainly) will celebrate the fun and educational benefits of video and board games.
In addition to online gaming events, Wizards of the Coast has donated copies of D&D as well as Magic the Gathering to libraries so that they may run local tournaments.
ALA president Jim Rettig commented:
Gaming formats have become a valuable tool for libraries, Not only has this new format increased library usage from hard to reach users such as teens, we also have found that video games attract a variety of users and are a great vehicle to teach basic technology skills.
More info is available from the ALA.
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Posted 03/12/10 at 07:31pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Here is a trailer of Dead or Alive Paradise. It´s basically a summary of the game...
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Here is a trailer of Dead or Alive Paradise. It´s basically a summary of the game...
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:54pm
Valdearg: *sigh* I'm friends with some sad, sad people.. If they weren't such good drinking buddies.. Lmao.
Valdearg: *sigh* I'm friends with some sad, sad people.. If they weren't such good drinking buddies.. Lmao.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:54pm
DarkSaber: Pssssh, the answer is Populous.
DarkSaber: Pssssh, the answer is Populous.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:54pm
JDKJ: I'm still in the beavers. Any chance I get, I'm in the beavers. Nut-deep.
JDKJ: I'm still in the beavers. Any chance I get, I'm in the beavers. Nut-deep.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:54pm
Valdearg: Seriously? I mean.. Couldn't they have picked a different topic to argue about?
Valdearg: Seriously? I mean.. Couldn't they have picked a different topic to argue about?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:53pm
Valdearg: Wow. Two of my friends are arguing on my facebook about whether Age of Mythology or Black and White was the better God Game...
Valdearg: Wow. Two of my friends are arguing on my facebook about whether Age of Mythology or Black and White was the better God Game...
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:52pm
DarkSaber: I was having a shower. That time of the week again. Boys Brigade? Never heard of them, but I was in the Beavers.
DarkSaber: I was having a shower. That time of the week again. Boys Brigade? Never heard of them, but I was in the Beavers.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:44pm
JDKJ: Your deafening silence says it all, Saber.
JDKJ: Your deafening silence says it all, Saber.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:39pm
JDKJ: Be honest, Saber. You were in the Boys Brigade when you were a lad, weren't you?
JDKJ: Be honest, Saber. You were in the Boys Brigade when you were a lad, weren't you?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:39pm
DarkSaber: Also, had Schrodinger been hanging about?
DarkSaber: Also, had Schrodinger been hanging about?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:37pm
JDKJ: And did the mice then get to playing?
JDKJ: And did the mice then get to playing?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:35pm
DarkSaber: ah, but was it also out of the bag?
DarkSaber: ah, but was it also out of the bag?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:33pm
JDKJ: And didn't the cat have to be curious nine times before its curiosity got the better of it?
JDKJ: And didn't the cat have to be curious nine times before its curiosity got the better of it?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:30pm
JDKJ: Keep it real, Saber. You know your Christmas Day wouldn't be complete if you didn't have a listen to the Queen's Speech.
JDKJ: Keep it real, Saber. You know your Christmas Day wouldn't be complete if you didn't have a listen to the Queen's Speech.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:29pm
Andrew Eisen: "Curiosity killed the cat." Makes you wonder just what that cat was doing when that phrase was coined.
Andrew Eisen: "Curiosity killed the cat." Makes you wonder just what that cat was doing when that phrase was coined.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:28pm
chadachada321: And to really bring this full circle...tradition would have "Under God" omitted from the pledge, because it was only added in 54
chadachada321: And to really bring this full circle...tradition would have "Under God" omitted from the pledge, because it was only added in 54
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:27pm
Valdearg: I never understood humanity's insistence on adhering to tradition. But hey, as long as there's no harm done, I don't really care, Lol.. Like you guys are saying, sometimes it's downright entertaining.
Valdearg: I never understood humanity's insistence on adhering to tradition. But hey, as long as there's no harm done, I don't really care, Lol.. Like you guys are saying, sometimes it's downright entertaining.
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:23pm
DarkSaber: I know, makes you wonder how a practical joke becomes a centuries old tradition. I doubt when it first happened people looked at each other said "We should do this EVERY year!"
DarkSaber: I know, makes you wonder how a practical joke becomes a centuries old tradition. I doubt when it first happened people looked at each other said "We should do this EVERY year!"
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:21pm
JDKJ: That thing where the Commons slam the door in Black Rob's face and make him bang on it before they'll open up always makes me laugh. Who comes up with this shit?
JDKJ: That thing where the Commons slam the door in Black Rob's face and make him bang on it before they'll open up always makes me laugh. Who comes up with this shit?
Posted 03/12/10 at 01:21pm
Valdearg: @DS: Nice... That's better than in America, where 40% of Americans still think he was a tool of Satan.. Ugh..
Valdearg: @DS: Nice... That's better than in America, where 40% of Americans still think he was a tool of Satan.. Ugh..
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D&D tournaments, local library? Ahhhhh Yeah! I think I just had a nerdgasm. I'd SOO be there if they had one in this area.
"Dungeons and Dragons is still 'Satan's Game' in my home town. I highly doubt they will have the tournaments around here.
I'd bet it is here too. 'Sides. I can't go back to the big library near here... Some kid lost a book I had borrowed and I'm not paying for it. :s
Damnit, I was wondering why my library never has the Kama Sutra.
They possibly could've picked a better day for this. November 15th is also National Novel Writing Month's "Night Of Writing Dangerously," and I believe a lot of NaNo participants are setting up marathon write-in sessions (or at least we're doing it in my region.)
Obviously there's going to be a conflict no matter what date you pick (it's also conference final day in the Canadian Football League, for example) but these are a pair of literary-esque events that seem like they could be kept apart.
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The Mammon Industry
How do you "Write dangerously"?
Is your pen/pencil wired to a bomb that will detonate if you write less than 40 words per minute?
Are you writing random summoning spells from the necromonicon and hoping that you don't summon up one of the Great Old Ones?
Maybe you are writing a story while swimming with great whites who are frenzied.....
Dear IRS,
I have decided that I won't be paying taxes next year and there's nothing you pencil necked dweebs can do about it.
Here's my address [insert address], in case you lilly livered cowards ever want to come over. I need something to laugh at and seeing your wimpy quivering faces when you get this letter will do just that.
Sincerely,
[your name]
THAT'S how you write dangerously.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Last year we held our party in a penthouse apartment. Person with the lowest wordcount at the end of the day got thrown out the window. :D
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The Mammon Industry
They should have went with Thompson's Disbarment date as National Gaming Day. It is fitting.
At the risk of making a bad pun... This is long overdue...
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Ow, my brains.
Bad weekend to choose it.
A few million gamers across the US will be chained to their PC with the WoW expansion release.
I know if something like that came down here (Aus) I'd be interested in going along, but not this weekend!
I saw the youtube video attached to this posting and said, "Wait, WHUT?"
When I was little and my library only had Apple ][s and similar machines, you could use them, with a reservation, to play edutainment games. And this was 20 years ago or so.
Bitching. Doubt my library will do it though.
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What the **** is this ****?! Trippin' off Acid or something!
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"Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tight eyed Tree Huggers who would rather play Hacky Sack than lock up the homeless" -- Birch Barlow
WoW! First DVDs make it into libraries and now this. It'd be amazing once those hard to find PC games also start popping up in local libraries (just as I can find movies which aren't easy to track down in stores). I doubt they'll limit the gamebase to edutainment only since all genres of movies tend to appear already. It also seems to make being a librarian a pretty sweet job for those in charge of the games area.