Game on at the library

If the word ‘library’ conjours up images of bookworms hard at work in silent study then you are not alone. All the more surprising then was the scene of welcomed gamers in the New York Public Library this afternoon.

I’m pretty sure that when this inscription was written over a hundred years ago, the scribe had not quite forseen the advent of the gaming industry.

But like the phrase’s democratic ideal of share and share alike, ‘Game on at the library’ brought the wonders of modern consoles to anyone to try for free.

Three projection screens hosted Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 3 games, with some of the fastest Guitar Hero fingers I’ve ever seen!

Neil Berman

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