Video Games Good for Your Eyes?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16857-shoot-em-up-video-games-are-good-for-your-eyesight.html

I'm sure you've heard about this, but I can definitely see the benefits of video games. Even shooter games like Halo require you to think and have good strategy skills. Games like DDR are good exercise, and Guitar Hero really requires good hand-eye coordination. I used to hate video games, too, but after playing them with kids at the library and seeing how hard it is to play them( for an old person like me, anyway), I'm a convert. Just as listening to Marilyn Manson didn't make me a devil-worshipper, violent video games don't make a kid violent if they know the difference between fantasy and reality. As I've learned, you have to play the games with the kids to see that video games aren't so bad after all.

Games of the Week

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/purple-picks/purple-picks/1247158
Here are some video games out this week. I wonder if the new Resident Evil is offensive ( or more offensive than it is already with the violence) because African characters are seen as zombies? Maybe that's just the way the game is because it is set in Africa. I don't know, but on a non-controversial topic, I'm getting GH Metallica for the library for the public school spring break the week of March 30 and due to popular demand, I'll get Super Smash Brothers soon for the private school spring break the week April 13-17.

50 Cent Conquers Music World, Video Game World

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/purple-picks/purple-picks/1247158

Here's a short review of 50 Cent's Blood on the Sand game. I wonder if Lil' Wayne will have a video game coming out, too.

What games do you want to see at the library?

I would love to know what games you want to see added to the library's collection! Madden' o9? NHL '09? Need for Speed? E-mail me at ya_rgpl@yahoo.com or comment below to let me know!