Library Seeks $300,000 to Build Game Collection

[Nightskeeter]

The Topeka Library already does this with a huge red box.

It rents out over 160 Blu-rays, 150 360 games, 150 Wii games, and only 98 PS3 games. Also rents out Music CD's. Games you get a 14 day period, with the max of 2 at a time. Blu-rays are 3 Day rentals, with the max of 2 aswell.

 

[RADIO_ACTIVE]

Sounds like a FREE GAMEFLY...

 

[Nightskeeter]

And also yes, they rent out E-Book PDF's here too. Sorry for the double Post.

 

[Marco925]

[citation][nom]gti88[/nom]May be the next thing the library will consider will be buying a french wines collection to attract even more readers?[/citation]

Drunk Gamers in the library! that'll go over smoothly 😛

 

[Simple11]

I don't feel that the games they offer is a problem. Depending on what games they have, they might draw in more people. But the real problem is crime, in my opinion. All the LAN centers in my area closed partly due to kids fighting too much and some fights going too far. Look at the kid in China getting knifed in the head. Sure he was cheating, but the outcome is way too brutal.

 

[victomofreality]

Whoo proud to be Canadian. Now if they could just move the idea over to my city next...

 

[backin5]

Maybe they should disguise books as game manuals...

 

[xyster]

woohoo. i love my toronto - i still have my library card too. I have only been using it to log onto the city's public wifi though - but less now that I have 3G. Great to have another reason to carry it around.

can anyone say lan party in the study room?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Because Halo=Literacy. =p

 

[DawnTreader]

print on paper is dead.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

As others have already pointed there are public libraries that are already doing that and not just games.

 

[shadowplayer51]

Hmmmm it could work. I remember getting into Pokemon when I was younger and learning to read better because of it

 

[im_thelumberjack]

One of the libraries around me used to rent out DOS games a long time ago. It didn't last long.

 

[cj_online]

MW2 epic battle .. staff/elders vs young-uns

 

[VWXYZ]

Librarys in Denmark have had video games for ages, they only carry non-m-rated games though, and only have a single copy of each game, and only those that is like 6 months old.

It ok, anyways, free ya know!

 

[Guest]

Why don't we start selling marijuana from the library too so that we can "get people to come and be users of the library"?

 

[Guest]

A couple years after this is done, prosecutors will start accessing library records for criminals to argue that they were acting out video games in real life. Don't forget about that one giant "catch" about using a public library: the government keeps a dossier on everything you check out and will use it against you the first chance it gets.