Posts on April 2010

Video Games as Art?

The author of 8bitlibrary.com gives his opinion on the recent discussion, debated in various areas of the press, regarding the question, "Do video games count as art?"

Boy Scouts & Video Games

Cnet has the scoop on two new Boy Scout awards (a belt loop and an academic pin) relating to video games: "Boy Scouts to get video game awards."

Top 10 Games - Week of Apr. 19th

Here are the top ten games played in the archive last week.

Summer Hours & a Farewell

After today we move to summer hours in the archive: Noon - 7pm, Mon - Fri.Also, we say goodbye to Sarah Raezler, one of our student workers, who is graduating with her MSI. Congratulations Sarah!

We had a great time Tuesday afternoon at the 2-Story Rock Band event! The staff of the Video & Performance Studio did a fantastic job setting up the space. In addition to the giant screen behind the performers, there were two large side screens and a monitor screen showing the game, plus two cameras projecting live feeds of the players on large screens as well. With the lighting effects and big sound, it was a Rock Band experience like no other!