What games do you play ? ALTERNATE VERSION
Kristin Boyett
KMB
Chad Haefele
My 360 gets the bulk of my playing time lately (The Darkness and Burnout: Revenge are at the top of my playlist right now), but the Wii gets a pretty good workout whenever I have friends over. I'm also (very) slowly playing through the Gamecube's Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door on it. I won't let myself buy Super Paper Mario until I finish this one :) The PS2 is just a DDR machine for me now that the 360 has Guitar Hero, and the DS doesn't get played much except when I'm traveling.
-Chad
Brian Looker
Thanks to a friend, my current addiction is StarCraft, which still sells for $20 new at the big box retailers 10 years after its initial release. I'm new to strategy gaming, and I find it more rewarding than any other sort of game I've played.
Brian Looker
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Librarian
Young Adult & Reference
Adult Division
Decatur Public Library
130 N. Franklin St.
Decatur, IL 62523
217-421-9756
blo...@decatur.lib.il.us
Megan Johnson
I play everything. At our house we (my husband and I) have 2 PCs for online gaming (RTS games like Age of Empires, Rise of Legends, Command and Conquer and recently we just put our toes into the water of MMORPGs with Guild Wars which we play with my Brother In Law) We have an Xbox 360, and are considering a second one since there is a limitation on 2 player simultaneous play on Xbox live. We recently found out that Bomberman from Xbox live worked for this. For the 360 I recently finished The Darkness, Gears of War (working through this again on insane) and Virtua Tennis. We just bought The Bigs, Overlord and Crackdown which we are currently playing. We are seriously looking forward to Blue Dragon, a totally awesome looking RPG from the makers of Final Fantasy and Dragonball Z. The 360 gets the most use right now because of the network of friends I have on it. I can usually find someone to play with all the time. J
On my PS3 I just finished Spider-man 3 and am currently playing Resistance Fall of Man. I use the PS3 now for my PS2 games, which I just picked up Odin Sphere, a good side scrolling RPG. Can’t wait for the new Ratchet & Clank for the PS3 – one of the new guns turns the enemies into penguins!
On my PSP I am playing Final Fantasy 1, which I think is really Final Fantasy 3, but it was Final Fantasy 1 in the US. I also finished Daxter recently on that.
On my Wii, I recently played a bunch of Mario Party 8, we brought it with us on vacation and played it with our families, started Super Paper Mario, play a lot of Wii Sports, and someone told me that Resident Evil 4 was fun on it, so we’ll try that too. We finished Legend of Zelda Twilight princess a long time ago. It was pretty good. Looking forward to seeing Wii Fit.
On my DS I played through Final Fantasy III IV & V – play MarioKart, loved Hotel Dusk, and can’t wait for the new Zelda.
Sorry for the looong message, but this is one of my favorite topics! And to those who might be wondering what else I do with my time, yes I am a full time librarian – So is my husband, I just finished reading the Uglies trilogy, read the newest Fables by Willingham, finished watching the newest season of Lost on itunes, and played 4 rounds of disc golf last week. People at my work often wonder where I get all the time to do the gaming, but I don’t really watch much TV, all the shows we watch are either from Netflix or itunes. I firmly believe if you cut out the commercials in your life, you’ll have 5 extra hours a week to play video games. :P
Megan Johnson
Teen Services Librarian
Rochester Hills Public Library
500 Olde Towne Road
Rochester, MI 48307
Phone: 248-650-5683
Fax: 248-650-7131
From: LibG...@googlegroups.com [mailto:LibG...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kristin Boyett
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007
10:42 AM
To: LibG...@googlegroups.com
Subject: {LibGaming} What games do
you play ? ALTERNATE VERSION
When I first got this msg from Chuck Butcher, I found the subject intriguing - but upon reading the body of the msg, I realized the question was what games are played at your library.
Jill Carpenter
Jill Carpenter
Teen Services Librarian
Pikes Peak Library District
Colorado Springs, CO
jcarp...@ppld.org
I play everything. At our house we (my husband and I) have 2 PCs for online gaming (RTS games like Age of Empires, Rise of Legends, Command and Conquer and recently we just put our toes into the water of MMORPGs with Guild Wars which we play with my Brother In Law) We have an Xbox 360, and are considering a second one since there is a limitation on 2 player simultaneous play on Xbox live. We recently found out that Bomberman from Xbox live worked for this. For the 360 I recently finished The Darkness, Gears of War (working through this again on insane) and Virtua Tennis. We just bought The Bigs, Overlord and Crackdown which we are currently playing. We are seriously looking forward to Blue Dragon, a totally awesome looking RPG from the makers of Final Fantasy and Dragonball Z. The 360 gets the most use right now because of the network of friends I have on it. I can usually find someone to play with all the time. J
On my PS3 I just finished Spider-man 3 and am currently playing Resistance Fall of Man. I use the PS3 now for my PS2 games, which I just picked up Odin Sphere, a good side scrolling RPG. Can't wait for the new Ratchet & Clank for the PS3 - one of the new guns turns the enemies into penguins!
On my PSP I am playing Final Fantasy 1, which I think is really Final Fantasy 3, but it was Final Fantasy 1 in the US. I also finished Daxter recently on that.
On my Wii, I recently played a bunch of Mario Party 8, we brought it with us on vacation and played it with our families, started Super Paper Mario, play a lot of Wii Sports, and someone told me that Resident Evil 4 was fun on it, so we'll try that too. We finished Legend of Zelda Twilight princess a long time ago. It was pretty good. Looking forward to seeing Wii Fit.
On my DS I played through Final Fantasy III IV & V - play MarioKart, loved Hotel Dusk, and can't wait for the new Zelda.
Sorry for the looong message, but this is one of my favorite topics! And to those who might be wondering what else I do with my time, yes I am a full time librarian - So is my husband, I just finished reading the Uglies trilogy, read the newest Fables by Willingham, finished watching the newest season of Lost on itunes, and played 4 rounds of disc golf last week. People at my work often wonder where I get all the time to do the gaming, but I don't really watch much TV, all the shows we watch are either from Netflix or itunes. I firmly believe if you cut out the commercials in your life, you'll have 5 extra hours a week to play video games. :P
Megan Johnson
Teen Services Librarian
Rochester Hills Public Library
500 Olde Towne Road
Gillian Wiseman
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From: LibG...@googlegroups.com [mailto:LibG...@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Kristin Boyett
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:42 AM
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Subject: {LibGaming} What games do you play ? ALTERNATE VERSION
Chuck Butcher
Name - Charles Butcher - (aka - Chuck, Chuckster, That Guy, oh him)
Age - 42
Married 24 yrs with 1 child (who is actually a fine young adult in pre
med at EMU)
Technology Coordinator for Rossford Public Library
Ham Radio operator - KB8YWH
Amateur Astronomer
My whole family games, even my Mother who is 66 (she is a Quake
fanatic)
What games do i play as an individual ?
Here is a small list of what i play.
My platforms are;
Atari, Sega Genisis, PS1, PS2, PS3, Game Cube, Wii and the PC
All GTA's
WOW
Everquest
Manhunt
Zelda
NHL/2K7
Max Payne 1/2
MOHAA - ALL
Sims
Quake - All
Half Life 1/2
Unreal /All
CS
DOD
Red Orchestra
BF 1942
BF2142
I have so many it is hard to list everything. My current project is
taking an old PC and creating a Mame Machine for our recreation room.
I have kept virtually everything from my childhood up until present
day.
I dont want anyone to think this is all we do. I play ball, hockey,
camp with our nieces and nephews and i do alot of reading.
I live on a golf course but i dont golf. "I just like hitting the
balls back to the golfers on weekends"
Chuck
Kristin Boyett
Another Texas tabletop gamer?? We have to meet!!
Kristin
Gillian Wiseman
Ian McKinney
At home, I play D&D 3/3.5 (monthly in person, and sporadically via phone/internet); chess on gameknot.com (used to play on the Internet Chess Club, but gave it up because of a. cost and b. playing only bullet chess was bad for my game); Scrabble on the Internet Scrabble Club; and sporadically, Civ III, Neverwinter Nights; and Star Wars Racer. Plus playing through Myst and sequels with my wife. Plus I'm probably leaving something out.
--Ian
Young Adults' Services Assistant Manager
Allen County Public Library
Fort Wayne, IN
That's an interesting question. I'll answer both the original and the secondary questions:At the Library on Game Night - Wii sports and Raving Rabbids; DDR on PS2; Mario Kart (lan mode tournaments) and Super Smash Brothers on Gamecube.At home I play - DnD 3.5E pen and paper RPG (weekly); on computer - Civ III; Neverwinter Nights; Sryth (an online text-based game); and an arcade-style game I stumbled across just a few days ago called Fizzball. I don't own any sort of game system, though I'm contemplating a Wii.
Gillian WisemanElectronic Resources LibrarianWaco-McLennan County Library
Teresa Copeland
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Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:42 AM
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Angie Antzak
If I could afford any of the next gen consoles, I'd get a Wii. I tried Wii sports once, and was absolutely hooked.
Angie Antzak
Youth Services Coordinator
Plattekill Public Library
2047 State Route 32
Modena NY, 12548
845-883-7286
Web Site : http://plattekill.lib.ny.us
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/plattekill_library
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:42:24 -0500
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Kat Werner
Benton Harbor Public Library
213 E. Wall St.
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
bhlibr...@yahoo.com
check us out on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bhlibraryteen
Luggage? GPS? Comic books?
Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.
Todd McCall
Name: Todd McCall
Just beginning my 2nd year in the MS LIS program at Syracuse University and the CAS in Digital Libraries program
Gaming : primarily CIV IV, UFO Aftershock and Galactic Civilization II (all PC...I don't own a console system)
Used to be into pen & paper RPGs : Champions/Hero System primarily with some D&D, but I haven't found a group
since I moved back to the Syracuse area.
green...@gmail.com
Joseph Wilk
Cheers,
Joseph Wilk
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Teen
Sebastian Song
PS3
Just finished THe Darkness a couple weeks ago
Playing Resistance: Fall of Man (trying to unlock the skills)
Ridge Racer next though I am horrible at racing games
PS2
Confessions havent played this for months
Just got the Hitman Trilogy will be playing either Hitman:Blood Money
or Hitman 2
(pity Thief never got ported over to consoles.. love the sneaky feel
of the game)
Bully.. exceptional game from Rockstar
360
Call of Juraez
DS
Platinum Sudoko (hooked on kakuro)
Wii
Raving Rabbids!!! Aaaaaaaah
Cheers
Sebastian Song
National Library - Singapore
Monica Harris
http://www.oppl.org/teensite/
monica.har...@gmail.com
mha...@oppl.org
Phone: 708-452-3429
My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Yanni Cooper
sports plus a little Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, as well as some board
games (Khet, Unspeakable Words). Next month I'm borrowing a friends
DDR for the projector, and I'm going to try a small Mario Kart tourny
as well. Hopefully we can get some Apples to Apples (a card game)
going as well.
As far as myself, I'm hopelessly addicted to gaming of all sorts. I
play EVE online, except that I've been playing a TON of Heroes of
Might & Magic V on the PC. Consolewise I have pretty much everything
from the current and previous generation except for a PS3, which I'll
pick up when the new Ratchet & Clank comes out (one of my favorite
series). Overlord, Lego Star Wars II, Disgaea are getting the most
play currently, though Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive, and Smash Bros all
get a pulled out when friends are over, though Wii Sports and Wario
Ware are just as likely.
On portables I've been playing playing far too much Pokèmon Diamond,
ever since I finished Puzzle Quest, Midevil on the PSP after finishing
R&C: Size Matters.
I also play a lot of tabletop games. I have far too many miniatures,
but a remarkable amount of them are painted. Warhammer Fantasy (Cult
of Slaanesh), Warhammer 40k (Tyranids, Tau, Slaanesh Chaos),
Warmachine (Khador, Cryx) OGRE Miniatures, Silent Death, BFG, B5
Miniatures. As far as CCGs I mainly play UFS currently, but I've got a
decent collection of cards from Galactic Empires, On The Edge,
Pokèmon, Anachronism, and a bunch of other. I've got a couple of
Magic: The Gathering decks as well. Then of course there's all of the
"non-collectible" games, some of my favorites are Robo-Rally,
Mag-Blast, Star-Farers of Caten (I've got Settlers too), Lunch Money,
and pretty much any Cheap Ass Game.
And I've got a follow-up question, which I'll go ahead and answer.
What game or games are you most looking forwards to?
For myself I'm really excited about Spore, though I imagine I'll have
to buy a new computer to run it. The New Smash Bros and Metroid games
are definitely on my list to pickup as soon as they're released.
There've been rumours of a new Wipeout game on the PS3, but the new
Ratchet & Clank is probably the game I'm most looking forwards to.
Yanni Cooper
Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library System
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