LibGaming Google Group

Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

2010-03-10T18:23:36Z

I don't know if your library will go for it, but we do have a corporate
amazon card that we use for things like this.
Keri Adams
YA Librarian
Johnson Public Library
Hackensack, NJ
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Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

2010-03-10T18:21:09Z

My main problem with them at the moment is that they do not have: Wii guitar
controllers, any drums for Guitar Hero except the overpriced Logitech ones,
Guitar Hero-compatible mics. Any suggestions about where I could buy these
items?
Thanks again!
Liz
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Jack Schultz

Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

2010-03-09T19:54:43Z

I second Best Buy for Business.
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Jack Schultz
Westmont Public Library
428 N. Cass Ave
Westmont, IL 60559
(630)969-5625 ext. 314

Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

2010-03-09T16:09:42Z

It may not be the best prices, but I purchased all of our gaming equipment
from Best Buy for Business. They were pretty easy to work with, and got
everything shipped out in a decent amount of time.
-Bryan Kratish
ACLD (Gainesville, FL)
YA Librarian - Millhopper Branch Library

purchasing

2010-03-09T14:53:04Z

Hi All,
I need to find a vendor from whom I can purchase several Wii Guitar Hero
guitars and a few games. They need to accept purchase orders. Any
suggestions?
Thanks!
Liz Sundermann
Young Adult Specialist
Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center
410-396-5484
lsund...@prattlibrary.org

Re: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

2010-03-09T03:17:12Z

Thanks for the info, Eli. I guess it's a matter of testing, testing,
and more testing. Might take some time since our library system is in
the middle of unprecedented staffing changes and reduced hours, but I
think it's worth a shot to at least try branch vs branch after the
dust kind of settles. If/when we do get online matches going, I will

Re: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

2010-03-03T01:25:53Z

I'll just add that this year's National Gaming Day
is Saturday, November 13, so reserve your meeting room now. We'll be
posting preliminary information at [link] <[link]> starting next
month.
Jenny
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Shifted Librarian
but wearing my ALA staff hat

360 Games Room

2010-03-05T09:59:25Z

Morning everyone,
I’m be interested to know if any of you 360 owning libraries are
considering doing anything with the 360 Games Room when it goes live.
I know the service hasn’t been universally welcomed but I wonder if we
could be able to use it in some way.
From what we know now it seems that visitors will be able to try the

Re: DS games

2010-03-03T15:31:06Z

Might be worth extending the loans to a couple weeks or having
different loan periods for different items. A title like Zelda Spirit
Tracks could be quite hard to finish in a ten days. Along similar
lines, I'd avoid longplay titles like Nintendogs. Great game, so great
that kids'll make you feel like you're taking their puppy back :))

RE: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

2010-03-02T20:30:37Z

Hey Erwin, we've done several branch vs. branch events and we've organized a national online smash brothers tournament for national gaming day for the past few years. It really gets the kids engaged, but it is indeed fraught with technical peril. We had 42 libraries registered for last year's national gaming day online smash tourney and probably a third of them couldn't actually participate due to network trouble. The bandwidth required isn't much; the bigger problem is that you need to basically have your Wii outside any firewalls or have all TCP and UDP ports natted through; which means you need to have a knowledgeable & helpful geek to make sure the network is properly configured to allow the Wiis to talk to each other. Also, if the connection is slow, the match will be slow, and if the connection drops for even a second, your match will quit.

Branch vs branch tourneys?

2010-03-02T20:18:37Z

Has anyone here ever done a branch vs branch tournament via online
play? I'd like to set something like that up for an SSBB tourney, but
I'd like to see if anyone's tried it already so that I don't have to
reinvent the wheel. I think it would give kids a sense of community
pride and feeling of ownership of their library if they competed

Re: {LibGaming} From Italy

2010-02-28T10:33:07Z

January here: [link]
Greetings
Carlo

Call for volunteers for Open Gaming Night at ALA

2010-02-22T21:26:00Z

The ALA Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group will be playing a
significant role in the Open Gaming Night this year at ALA. We have
recently put out a call for volunteers.
If you are interested in helping in some aspect of this event, please
visit our ALA Connect space at
[link]

Re: DS games

2010-02-19T00:33:47Z

Check ratings for the games before you buy them on a site like
[link] this site compiles ratings and reviews from gaming
magazines and sites.
It's also handy to keep up on gaming news; my favorite gaming sites
are [link] and [link] for
gaming news.

Re: {LibGaming} DS games

2010-02-17T21:06:35Z

I have a (mostly) annotated list of recommended DS games for libraries, here:
[link]
And, there is a model program in the Library Gaming Toolkit for
inhouse DS circulation, with some recommended titles:
[link]
Asking youth for recommendations should go without saying; you can