Comments on: Libraries and Gaming http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/31/libraries-and-gaming/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Soniah http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/31/libraries-and-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Soniah Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:17:55 +0000 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/31/libraries-and-gaming/#comment-73 The claim about physical exercise is a bit of a stretch (pardon the pun). The Nintendo Wii does not offer much exercise and it is easy to cheat with smaller body movements. It is more likely to cause RSI. But heck it is good clean fun! I have found a library website with a few errors is entertaining for some users, who love to phone and tell me (the webmaster) how to fix it and where it could be better. I encourage this, as it leads to a better website - and uses the grey cells (Theirs and mine). "If you don't use it you'll lose it"applies to grey matter as well as muscles. The claim about physical exercise is a bit of a stretch (pardon the pun). The Nintendo Wii does not offer much exercise and it is easy to cheat with smaller body movements. It is more likely to cause RSI. But heck it is good clean fun!

I have found a library website with a few errors is entertaining for some users, who love to phone and tell me (the webmaster) how to fix it and where it could be better. I encourage this, as it leads to a better website – and uses the grey cells (Theirs and mine). “If you don’t use it you’ll lose it”applies to grey matter as well as muscles.

]]> By: The Fifth Law http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/31/libraries-and-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-70 The Fifth Law Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:10:13 +0000 http://dbl.lishost.org/blog/2007/03/31/libraries-and-gaming/#comment-70 [...] Jeffrey Trzeciak has written an interesting post at Designing Better Libraries about video games and the neurobiology: [...] [...] Jeffrey Trzeciak has written an interesting post at Designing Better Libraries about video games and the neurobiology: [...]

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