The Internet (A.K.A. The Last Competency)

For my final competency, I searched the internet through google for "gaming public library." This brought me to the Internet Public Library, which had a great subject pathfinders on Computer/Videogames. I followed the link to The Video Game Revolution, a documentary by PBS with the website, which is a companion site to the project. You will find a history of gaming, information on how games are made, how gaming has impacted our society, and some fun quizzes and games about the subject.

I wanted to share this site because it provides good information for those who are new to gaming, is interesting for even a dedicated gamer, and shows how videogames have become part of our everyday lives.

Multimedia Competency

For this competency, I am to search for a multimedia component to add to the blog. This could be a chart, table, graph, illustration, image, sound, video clip, etc. I used the Google search engine to browse media on the web. I found the Entertainment Software Association, a site serves the public and businesses with information about video games. This video clip, which is found under the ESA TV portion of the website, animates information the organization found about average gamers in the U.S.



I thought the information in this clip was relevant and interesting to my focus on videogaming in the public library. I usually assume male teens are the overwhelming majority of gamers, but this study found that the average gamer is in their 30s, and only 60% are male. Perhaps the public library could broaden their gaming focus to draw adults into the library. If my focus is gaming in the public library, I may not necessarily want to focus only on teen gamers.

And just for fun, I've included this Periodic Table of Video Game Characters from Nerd City Online website. I used google images with the words "video games table" to find this image.



BONUS: How many characters can you name?