الأحد، 22 يونيو 2014

[International Games Day @ your library] Game profiles: The art of simulating imagination

'Game profiles: The art of simulating imagination'

And from tabletop RPGs we go to electronic RPGs with another fantastic piece by
one of our volunteers: Ben Manolas surveys the meteoric rise of the Western RPG,
a form whose time came with the rise of the computer.

The evolution of roleplaying games (RPGs) is a subject which could easily fill
volumes, from children role-playing [...]

You can view this latest post at
http://igd.ala.org/2014/06/23/game-profiles-the-art-of-simulating-imagination/

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Game on,
Phil Minchin
ALA's International Games Day @ your library initiative

Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?


Gnarly

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Gnarly

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What a Happy Homecoming for This Soldier!

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Well...To the Bat Cave, I Guess...

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Well...To the Bat Cave, I Guess...

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Can I Show You Something Real Quick?

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Can I Show You Something Real Quick?

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Those Spots Will Make You Splort!

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Those Spots Will Make You Splort!

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You Don't Want to be Next

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You Don't Want to be Next

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Tubular!

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Tubular!

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I Need to Withdraw Forty Bones

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I Need to Withdraw Forty Bones

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Marching Geese

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Marching Geese

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This Wolf Pup is Learning to Huff and Puff

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Actually those are hiccups...but it's cute either way!

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