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Videogames Can Help Build A Community
flickr: Valentin.Ottone As a distance library student I have found it difficult to interact with professors and staff at my institution. Interaction amongst faculty and staff within a distance...
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Gamers Can Change the World?
flickr: EMSL File this one away in the “games aren’t a waste of time” folder or the “games can change the world” folder or both. Last week, news came out that a group of gamers had helped solve a 15...
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Librarians, FIND!
flickr: elawgrrl I was searching for new applications to help me on my runs and I found a new application called Zombies, Run! This application, which will be out next year, places you in a scenario...
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Does My Library Need Videogames?
flickr: Digital Game Museum This past week I sat in a library to study for my Information Modeling class. The library was newly built and had many patrons which was surprising as it was a nice day out...
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Do You Have Any Independent Videogames In Your Library?
LGEPR An independent game is one produced, built and distributed by individuals who are not associated with the some of the big game producers such as Microsoft, Blizzard, etc. One example of great...
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What’s the Total Cost of Ownership for a Console at Your Library?
What is the total cost of ownership of a console? In other words how much will the system cost to acquire, maintain, update, and support? For instance, if a library were to purchase a new XBOX 360 with...
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Videogame Music Certainly Is Art
It is no secret that I am a huge The Legend of Zelda fan – having owned practically every incarnation of Zelda games possible (except you, Game Boy Color… I just couldn’t justify the cost) and am a...
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E3 2012: Lots of Dancing Zombies (and More!)
Last June, just like we did the year before, Videogamecat made the great journey to Los Angeles for three days of gaming excitement at E3. (If you are asking yourself what E3 is, please look at our...
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101 Reviews!!!
We have been quiet on the blog front for many months, but that is because we’ve been working hard behind the scenes writing and editing reviews. And today, we have exciting news to report… We’ve hit...
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Welcome to the new VideoGameCat.com!
We’re back and we have a new design! Please poke around and let us know what you think. We want to know what works, what doesn’t work, and what could be improved upon. If you have any thoughts at all...
View ArticlePublic Librarians Needed for Survey About Videogames (and other things)
Researchers at the University of South Florida are conducting a survey on how various kinds of media (including comics and videogames) are being collected and used in public libraries. According to...
View ArticleVideo Games and Learning MOOC
The University of Wisconsin Madison has created a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) on the topic of video games and learning. The course began on October 3, 2013 and will run for a total of 6 weeks....
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