Library Journal Names Best Video Games Of 2010

Feb. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Contact:
Wendy Jones
800.325.9558, x 7627
wjones@mediasourceinc.com


New York, NY, January 31, 2011—“It’s been another big year for video games,” said Library Journal’s M. Brandon Robbins in a recent article for the online newsletter BookSmack! Robbins, who selected LJ’s Best Video Games of 2010, is a winner of the 2009 American Library Association (ALA)/Verizon Libraries, Literacy, and Gaming grant, Young Adult Services Coordinator at Wayne County Public Library, NC, and writes LJ Xpress Reviews of graphic novels.

In selecting LJ’s five top console and PC games for libraries, Robbins considered the following criteria: usefulness to library services and programming, reinforcement of various literacies, and overall quality of mechanics and presentation.

He said that no library should be without a gaming initiative. “ . . . whether via an intense first-person shooter tournament, a family game day, or simply by putting the games out there and letting your patrons play. . . . Find out what works for you, your library, and your patrons, and make gaming happen at your library.”

Robbins’ complete article including a review of each game is available in the January 6, 2011 issue of Library Journal’s newsletter BookSmack!

BEST LITERARY GAME
Limbo
Platform: Xbox 360 (XBLA)
ESRB Rating: M (ages 17 and up)

BEST GAME FOR AN OLD-SCHOOL BEATDOWN
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 (XBLA)
ESRB Rating: T (ages 13 and up)

BEST GAME FOR SOCIAL INTERACTIVITY & SHARED CREATIVITY
Lord of the Rings Online
Platform: PC
ESRB Rating: T (ages 13 and up)

BEST GAME FOR THE HARD-CORE
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (ages 17 and up)
WATCH the game trailer:

THE GAME YOU SHOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
Minecraft
Platform: Java
[Not Rated]

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