Monthly Archives: January 2009

How Video Games Draw Students To Libraries

Video Games are now being successfully used to draw students to libraries. Des Moines public libraries are using Rock Band and two Nintendo Wii consoles in 6 libraries. More youth are being drawn with the help of this program since last summer. There are large turnouts at libraries and teens often ask about how to get books or a library card due to this new craze.

A Teen Tech Week is being planned between March 9-13 at the Des Moines library locations. Video games and other tech games can be played as well as cellular phone games can be played here.

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Going through the best games of 2008

One of the best games of 2008 was Fallout 3. You can play it on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust you battle for over a hundred hours and are thirsting for even more. If you got a little serious with Fallout 3, you delight yourself with LittleBigPlanet available for play on the PS3.

Rock Band 2 was a big hit of 2008, new songs were released every week of 2008. Some had fun as Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV who made the game really cool.  Braid was another winner. available on the Xbox 360.  Lost Odyssey was rich and emotional and took your imagination to another plane.
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