08.16.09

Games in Libraries – August 2009

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:10 am by snicholson

Download the August 2009 Games in Libraries episode over at The Internet Archive.

Or listen here:

Welcome to the Games in Libraries podcast! (I realize now that I screwed up in my introduction and called it the “Gaming in Libraries” podcast – that was the name of my free Gaming in Libraries course, so now the two are all mixed up in my head!)

Show Notes:

• Donald Dennis of the Georgetown County Library System SC BYTES Project talks with Ron Brown from the University of South Carolina and his graduate assistant, Thomas Maluck, about how video games have an impact on real-life situations.

• Beth Gallaway reviews the book, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
  
  
  • Ethan’s Website
    
  • Lord of the Rings
    
  • Dungeons & Dragons
    
  • Pandemonium Books & Games
    
  • Forest of Doors
    
  • Harry and the Potters
    
  • Dragon*Con
    

• Scott Nicholson does a review of Tales of the Arabian Nights, which you can get at your local game store or Funagain Games (who will take a purchase order and who also gives monthly game grants for libraries)

• M. Brandon Robbins talks about Passage and Beth Gallaway talks about “Play Along with Us,” the game of the month club for the Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group.
  
  
  • Passage
    
  • Author’s comments about Passage
    
  • Play Along with Us! Game of the Month Club
    

• Eli Neiburger talks about the concept of a Game Jam and how a library could host one and encourages libraries to host game creation programs.
  
  
  • Global Game Jam
    
  • Scratch Day
    
  • Scratch
    
  • ALISE Project
    
  • P4Games.org
    
  • Gamestar Mechanic (Currently not available)
    

  Talk about this episode over at ALA Connect!

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