University Adds Videogames to Library as Study Materials
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I was actually curious and, being a student, talked to the librarian, and it turns out that feminist studies have been using Tomb Raider for years... Go figure?Tom Goldman said:
I suspect we'll find it in the new Taylor Family Digital Library (The big glass building that's been under construction for way too many years).A_Parked_Car said:
On a side note, quite a few students were asked about this... And all but one of the published responses were negative.
The Australian Film Tv and Radio School (AFTRS) Library (which is open to the public as well as students) has had a good (and increasing) collection of games and dedicated screening rooms with Xbox, P3 and Wii consoles in them for a number of years. Its a vibrant part of the research collection right along with books and films.
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I'd spend all my time on the Atari and NES sections. I always felt libraries are primarily meant to house classics.
Casualty-free epidemiology, you say? I think i know what they mean.
Nein, we're not!Rainboq said:
Well, many books and films also hold little to no intellectual value. It's Sturgeon's Law in action: 90% of everything is not good/not clever/not what you need, thus no-one cares to remember it.Liquidcathedral said:
$9,000,000 budget for a library?
my old libraries budget was stealing books people left lying around!
something i learnt in english is that nothing is still something - the lack of something can be a more powerful point then something that exists, such as the lack of anything between daisy's ears in the great gatsby (high brow joke)
my old libraries budget was stealing books people left lying around!
i was a bit confused by what you said here until i had a flashback to last year-Tom Goldman said:
something i learnt in english is that nothing is still something - the lack of something can be a more powerful point then something that exists, such as the lack of anything between daisy's ears in the great gatsby (high brow joke)
the key word in your statement is hopefully I think parents will complain about the school wasting there kids time. I can't wait till the day a child will come home from school complaining about how he has to write and essay on the themes and imagery of bioshock.Benmonkey7 said:
Wow...this is SO amazing ^^
I mean, what else to say to this? We have a growing support of backing, literary and historical significance, and the respect for the VG culture is growing beyond that of the home consoles and online forums and games.
Hopefully, bad laws and ignorance aren't the only things that are contagious, hopefully other schools pick on this. Especially since imagine what it'll do not only for the business (money coming from schools to buy games straight from the source, taking out the used game demographic a bit to help companies that deserve money get it) and games designed with certain subjects in mind.
It's relatively small now, but hopefully we see a flux in this grow around the country (and world)
I mean, what else to say to this? We have a growing support of backing, literary and historical significance, and the respect for the VG culture is growing beyond that of the home consoles and online forums and games.
Hopefully, bad laws and ignorance aren't the only things that are contagious, hopefully other schools pick on this. Especially since imagine what it'll do not only for the business (money coming from schools to buy games straight from the source, taking out the used game demographic a bit to help companies that deserve money get it) and games designed with certain subjects in mind.
It's relatively small now, but hopefully we see a flux in this grow around the country (and world)