Games that lose steam?
neither Rock Band nor Guitar Hero has seen any true innovation in their gameplay design since the original Rock Band in 2007. Here’s a link for our readers that touches on a problem schools &...
View ArticleThe Iron Man of Gaming Tournament: A Program Idea
I am a lucky librarian. I have a wonderful staff with whom I work with on Game Night Central, our reoccurring gaming program at the Cape May County Library. We usually have 3-5 gaming programs a...
View ArticleReview: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
WHAT? OK, Capcom is finally getting weird on us. Taking characters from their own roster and mixing them with the who’s who of Tatsunoko Productions characters (a Japanese animation studio famous for...
View ArticleWhy Nobody Plays Second Life.
For me, it all started out with role-playing games. This kind: I would get together with friends and play Dungeons & Dragons (or similar games) until the wee hours of the morning. At its most...
View ArticleReview: Halo 3
[JP's note: Let's welcome 8bitlibrary.com's newest contributor, Brandon, who's reviewing one of the best games of the modern gaming era.] WHAT? Arguably the flagship game of the Xbox 360, Halo 3 is the...
View ArticleOpen “Gaming Stations” in the Library
Hey all, Justin has really been killing it on here with his great posts on gaming programs, and I felt inspired to share an experience of my own. In 2005, in my previous job as head of a public library...
View ArticleR.I.P. to online play for Halo 2
Well, 8bitlibrary.com, this is it. The last day to play Halo 2 on Xbox Live. We would love for you to leave a comment in the comment box. Memories? The good times; the bad? Was this the first game you...
View ArticlePokemon running around the library!
Hello, 8bitlibrarians! I’ve written so much about Pokemon in libraries that I have ignored how cool it is to see libraries actually using Pokemon! So here’s some fun Flickr finds: Here are some...
View ArticleFight, race, shoot, rock with party games
Elias presented Party Games for Libraries at the NJ Library Association conference last month. Mine this for a lot of good content on what platforms and games to use for lib programs. We had a short...
View ArticleALA Open Gaming Event & free stickers at ALA
FYI, the largest gathering of gaming-in-libraries personalities from across the country will be at the ALA Open Gaming event on Friday, June 25th at 7:30pm in the Renaissance Ballroom at the...
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