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Geeky Friday | X Men Library Archive, The Hobbit Anniversary, Happy Birthday...
Greetings from Filth City! Earlier this week, the results of a survey conducted by Travel & Leisure magazine revealed that New York is the nation’s dirtiest metropolis. Gee, what a shock. Any...
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Simon & Schuster’s New Self-Pub Venture Raises Eyebrows on Cost
On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster tentatively dipped its toes into the lucrative self-publishing market with a service called Archway, launched in partnership with Author Solutions, Inc. (a company...
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Spring Fling 2013: Pairings and Threesomes from University Presses
Near the end of each year, I have the pleasure of meeting with lots of university press reps so they can show me their Spring catalogs for the next year, indicating their forthcoming lead trade titles...
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Mystery News | February 1, 2013
EVENTS Mystery authors and enthusiasts alike are ready for the 2013 conferences. February features the Love Is Murder Mystery Conference in Chicago from Feb 1–3. Keynotes include authors Lee Goldberg,...
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The Walking Dead: Games, Gamers & Gaming | February 2013
One of the many reasons why libraries integrate games and gaming into their collections and programming is because games are a powerful storytelling medium. Whether a group of friends create a story...
View ArticleHave Fun Defending the Castle! | Games, Gamers and Gaming
With great mobile titles like Fieldrunners and the ubiquitous and addictive Plants vs. Zombies, tower defense games—in which the player or players defend a location from hostile forces using various...
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Audio Reviews | April 15, 2013
Cussler, Clive & Thomas Perry. The Tombs. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781611761375. $39.95; digital download. F Cussler’s globe-trotting archaeologists,...
View ArticleBecause Science Is Awesome | Games, Gamers, & Gaming | May 15, 2013
Education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is experiencing a resurgence, and libraries are hopping on board in a big way. Eight libraries were lucky enough to be chosen to...
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Pop Culture Advisory: Welcome to Sanditon
Pulp book cover via Flavorwire Last week’s interview with Jay Bushman of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Welcome to Sanditon has left me looking for more Austen adaptations and other read- or...
View ArticleTorchlight II | June 15, 2013
The best video games make you completely forget about reality. This can be achieved through a compelling story, complex characters, or a well-crafted world. Video game designers can also hook players...
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RWA 2013: Romance Writers of America RITA Awards
The 2013 RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America were announced on Saturday, July 20, in Atlanta, at the organization’s 33rd annual conference. From nearly 1,200 submissions in 11 categories,...
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Wil Wheaton Talks Tabletop: Games, Gamers, & Gaming | August 2013
Fans of Wil Wheaton’s work as an actor (Stand by Me; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Eureka), writer (Memories of the Future; Just a Geek), and advocate for gaming and geek culture have a readers’...
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Ticket To Ride | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
The best games—digital or analog—have simple rules and mechanics that interact in complex ways. Anyone can learn the rules with relative ease, but the game play is democratic enough that everyone...
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Collection Development: Stealth | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
In an effort to cram even more gaming goodness into this column and offer a broad look at the current landscape, going forward I will sometimes do multiple minireviews of products that are similar in...
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Weird Science: Great SF Games | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
Science fiction (sf) is one of the most engaging, thought-provoking, and beloved genres of books, film, and comics. Some of the best games have a strong sf narrative element, and among your patrons...
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Drop-Dead Gorgeous Fiction I: Women Writing Fiction | Library Journal’s Day...
“Drop-Dead Gorgeous Fiction I: Women Writing Fiction” was the penultimate panel at LJ’s Day of Dialog, held high above midtown Manhattan at the McGraw-Hill Building’s 50th floor meeting rooms. The...
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Hurts So Good | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
In the last ten years, the video game industry has moved into the realm of experiential games that allow players to use virtual worlds, characters, and game play mechanics to craft their own...
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Deal Me In | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
There are several benefits to tabletop gaming: it provides positive social interaction, its one-time cost, with proper care and maintenance, can supply years’ worth of programs, it’s democratic and...
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Depression & Gaming | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
When Robin Williams died on August 11, the gaming community lost one of its own. Forums all across the Internet honored him as a fallen brother-in-arms, and within days Blizzard announced that it would...
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Gamers, Gamers, & Gaming | Theater of War
One complaint often levied against video games is that they glorify violence, making a life of crime seem glamorous and exciting and presenting a vision of warfare that is all faceless enemies and...
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