Campbell County Public Library adds videogames to its shelves

Libraries are cool. And I’m not just saying that because I’m a bookworm. Now, there might be even more reason for non-bookworms to ask for a library card and visit the establishment more often. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, that’s what they say. Now, aside from the Library of Congress, it seems that other libraries across the country are getting on the same “preserve videogames” bandwagon.

The Campbell County Public Library in Kentucky just added a whole selection of various videogames into their collection of… media. Videogames are, after all, part of our cultural heritage. Anyone beg to differ?

As of now, the library is starting with a collection of over 50 games, and according to Anderson, the titles would be available for checking out within a week or two. Each branch of the library will host a different console: the Cold Spring branch gets PlayStation 2 games; the Fort Thomas Branch, Xbox 360 games; the Newport branch, Nintendo Wii games. (ooh, maybe they’re deliberately doing this so as to separate the fanboys from each other – harhar! we kid!)

In each branch, there will be a rating board so that parents would know what games they could borrow for their kids. Cold Spring manager Dave Anderson says, though, that they won’t be delivering “violent games with harsh language.” [cue collective sigh of disappointment]

The selection will range from games like Kingdom Hearts (both I and II) and SpongeBob to Tony Hawk’s Project 8 to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007. Despite the “violent games” restriction, there’ll also be racing games and PS2 ports of Sega Genesis games (like Sonic and Virtua Fighter) for the adults. Besides, upon some research, they found out the adult early-30s bracket made up the biggest portion of the gaming population.

Whispers of a Jane Austen videogame being sighted among the shelves are yet to be confirmed.

Libraries are cool. And I’m not just saying that because I’m a bookworm. Now, there might be even more reason for non-bookworms to ask for a library card and visit the establishment more often. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, that’s what they say. Now, aside from the Library of Congress, it seems that other libraries across the country are getting on the same “preserve videogames” bandwagon.

The Campbell County Public Library in Kentucky just added a whole selection of various videogames into their collection of… media. Videogames are, after all, part of our cultural heritage. Anyone beg to differ?

As of now, the library is starting with a collection of over 50 games, and according to Anderson, the titles would be available for checking out within a week or two. Each branch of the library will host a different console: the Cold Spring branch gets PlayStation 2 games; the Fort Thomas Branch, Xbox 360 games; the Newport branch, Nintendo Wii games. (ooh, maybe they’re deliberately doing this so as to separate the fanboys from each other – harhar! we kid!)

In each branch, there will be a rating board so that parents would know what games they could borrow for their kids. Cold Spring manager Dave Anderson says, though, that they won’t be delivering “violent games with harsh language.” [cue collective sigh of disappointment]

The selection will range from games like Kingdom Hearts (both I and II) and SpongeBob to Tony Hawk’s Project 8 to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007. Despite the “violent games” restriction, there’ll also be racing games and PS2 ports of Sega Genesis games (like Sonic and Virtua Fighter) for the adults. Besides, upon some research, they found out the adult early-30s bracket made up the biggest portion of the gaming population.

Whispers of a Jane Austen videogame being sighted among the shelves are yet to be confirmed.