With the goal of one day offering 150 titles for checkout across its 38 locations, Toronto’s public library has taken steps toward building a video game collection – but figures it needs $US300,000 to make it happen. More »
This is a story about a library issuing a partial ban on the playing of video games, but really, it makes sense. Actually, it’s good news, because it means that kids still choose to hang out at libraries. Of course, this is in Utah, so such wholesomeness is unsurprising.
November 15th is National Gaming Day at your local library (apparently); they’re billing it as ” the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held! Kids will be able to compete against players at other libraries and see their scores in real-time online while playing at their local library.” What’s pretty cute is the justification for holding such an event — the FAQ is a thing of beauty, including questions like “aren’t video games just a passing fad?”:
