Twitter Updates for 2007-07-24

listening to Greg Trefry, organizer of the Come Out and Play Festival in New York #
I wonder if I could organize a Big game for my campus or for Houston. Mmmm. Or maybe ALA? Anyone else want to design a game for ALA? #
We could play Assassins at ALA! Mwahahaaaa, it would be hilarious! #
http://pacmanhattan.com/ PacManhattan #
Mogi-Mogi http://tinyurl.com/2gcbls #
Big Urban Game (BUG) http://design.umn.edu/go/project/TCDC03.2.BUG #
http://www.cloudmakers.org/ The Beast, a promotional for the movie A.I. also see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(game) #
@djfiander – if we did it, we would make it accessible, no phones! What about Journey to the End of the Night http://tinyurl.com/2765oe #
@dwfree – I think the Journey to the End of the night game would be fun, or we could play zombie tag that lasted until the last day #
“librarians, or as I like to call them, referees” – Greg Trefry #
@taonga – welcome to the fray! #
attending the session on UNCG’s Info Lit game that resembles a boardgame online #
@rikei – where r u in the room? #
“We wanted a way to revisit topics from the one shot instruction session without taking up more instructor time.” Amy Harris #
now in the Fletcher Library Game Project, Quarantined http://tinyurl.com/29js6q #
TechSource post on the game night at the symposium http://tinyurl.com/ywt4yn #
i made the new ACRL editor read it for glaring mistakes 😉 #
@dwfree – i r laughing at u #
“there was a lot of death going on originally” – talking about the Quarantined game #
ug, more Google reader problems. Read a bunch yesterday, but still thinks I have not synched up. *eye roll* whatev, guess have to read book #
almost ready for Liz Lawley – i have heard her before so I think I will twit the good lines and listen #
@rikhei – i am in ur room, seein ur shirt #
waiting for Liz Lawley to start – her laptop is running Vista and and the projector does not want #
@rikhei – did you say Wiis, plural? maybe there are more than one to give away? #
oh, it looks like they got the computer working, coolio #
Liz Lawley has a priestess in WoW that is level 70 #
paraphrase – Stephen Abram has a devil spirit. – Liz Lawley as she quotes the man himself. hilarious! #
Liz Lawley talking about Cruel 2 B Kind http://www.cruelgame.com/ #
moving on to PMOG http://www.passivelymultiplayer.com/ #
“watch the exhibit halls at ALA and you know that we will do dumb things for things that are free” games need incentives – L.Lawley #
economic lessons are taking place in WoW and gives parents opportunities to talk about business issues – L. Lawley #
Lane Lawley, Liz’s son, is a scriptor and activist in Teen 2nd Life and has spoken at conferences. How cool is that? http://tinyurl.com/ … #
“why do so few of us have books in our libraries about WoW? we have books about Tolkien.” l. lawley #
book burro firefox widget http://bookburro.org/ #
we have good lists for books for kids, but nothing about books about games. Why do we not treat these resources in the same way?L. Lawley #
Liz Lawley does not think we are impartial collectors because we do not collect books about video games. #
@cjburns – is my 2nd time to hear l. lawley, she is very good and always has great thoughts to share #
“a year from now, when I search for gamebooks online, can I find some library lists? Can you evaluate some resources?” l. lawley #
“killing people in Grand Theft Auto is the same as playing Cowboys and Indians.” L.Lawley #
ok, session over, I am off to find food, travel to the airport, and get home to my husband and puppy. Safe travels all! #