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re: Super Saturday December 6

Bufkinite@evpl — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:58:22 GMT

Outrageously good news! Congratulations to the EVPL Brawlers. Way to put Evansville on the map!

re: Super Saturday December 6

professor.knowsitall@evpl — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:47:35 GMT

Congrats to our EVPL Brawlers on their win...quite a feat!

re: Time to Vote!

kiya@evpl — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:45:01 GMT

The first three books in Ellen Emerson White's series The President's Daughter have arrived - I've started the first, and they've all moved to the top of my ToBeRead pile. Interest builds quickly as Meg's mom makes the decision to run for President, and the campaign gathers momentum. I'm a bit of a politics junkie, and I enjoy that the author talks about the issues, and how Meg is drawn to politics in spite of herself. As a family member of a politician, she has seen the sleazy side of politics, and is very wary of the process and what it does to people. Still, she has also seen the good her mother has accomplished. It all leaves her with very mixed feelings about her mother's candidacy and eventual election.

re: The death of the Cassette

Ben.Coder@evpl — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:16:00 GMT

It's amazing how many original album works are still not available in CD format.

Oftentimes the songs themselves are available, but the collection of tracks in CD format with the original title of the album is not.

Even many major artists have holes in their discography in regard to CD reissues.

re: A Blast from the Past

librarianinheels@evpl — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:36:06 GMT

Oooo, wow. I wish I could have been there! Sounds awesome!

re: A Blast from the Past

Shh_ImReading@evpl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:36:46 GMT

I *heart* Ms. Pacman!

re: Xbox 360 or PS3?

professor.knowsitall@evpl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:30:35 GMT

@TeenLibrarian: Gamers can be a pretty passionately-opinionated group, as you found out in your visit to Harrison!!

I've been a die-hard Sony supporter during the PS1 & PS2 eras. However, I now own both an Xbox 360 and a PS3, and like AvidGamer agree that the 360 is definitely the superior system.

I bought my 360 about a year after they'd been on the market. After a year of use, it experienced the dreaded RROD; I had to send it to MS, and within a couple weeks had another console. It is a fact that early systems had a high failure rate, but internal revisions (smaller CPUs/GPUs, better heatsinks, etc.) have fixed these issues. Any systems currently on store shelves are these newer units, so these units failing should not be a concern.

On paper, the PS3's specs trounce the 360's. BUT, there has not yet been a game exclusively on the PS3 that could not have been done on the 360. Supposedly Metal Gear Solid 4 is too large to fit on a DVD, requiring the extra space Blu-ray allows for, but after playing thru the entire game I can say it's not so "technologically advanced" that it couldn't be done on 360. Also, most of the games that teens play at the library (Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc) are not graphically-intensive games that require beefy hardware.

The main question here is which system has the kinds of local-multiplayer, content-appropriate games for the teens to play during our gaming events? The 360 wins by a landslide.

So my recommendation is the 360. I'd recommend getting one with a hard drive...the 20GB units are currently being closed-out to make room for the new 60GB ones, so they can be found cheap.

Teens: This is for your gaming program, so WHAT DO YOU SAY???

re: A Blast from the Past

professor.knowsitall@evpl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:42:22 GMT

I'm a bit too young for Asteroids & Space Invaders, but as a kid I remember going to the arcade and feeding many quarters into the 4-player Teengage Mutant Ninja Turtles. One time while playing at Showbiz Pizza (loved that place!), Chuck E. Cheese played with us!

re: Can you imagine?

kiya@evpl — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:58:57 GMT

For a more "out-there" disaster, check out "Life As We Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The novel is a gripping look at life inside a world-changing disaster.

re: Two pieces of news from Stephenie Meyer about the Twilight series:

kittycatmom@evpl — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:44:31 GMT

Hey, Kiya...keep reading. Eclipse is my favorite. I've gone all the way through the set twice...and I never do that. I really, really got caught up in it. Someone I talked to yesterday said her kid has DTS...Disfunctional Twilight Syndrome. It does get into your blood!

re: A Blast from the Past

E-Dub@evpl — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:08:34 GMT

OMG this was so much fun! I played Space Invaders.

re: Xbox 360 or PS3?

AvidGamer@evpl — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:11:14 GMT

I have both systems, so I feel pretty confident in saying that the 360 is the better system at this point in time. The game library is full of exclusive titles and the online setup is much more robust. Unfortunately, the system has been plagued by what is known in the gaming world as the "red rings of death", in which the console experiences complete failure. The only remedy is to have the faulty 360 sent back to Microsoft to be repaired. Turnaround time is about a week or two. To their credit, Microsoft has included an excellent warranty that backs up the console. The PS3 has had no technical issues to this point, and is technologically superior to the 360, but only by the smallest degrees...numerous game developers have been quoted as saying they would rather make games for the 360, including Valve's Gabe Newell. I don't think it can be said that one system is graphically superior to the other...in fact, the monthly gaming publication EGM did a side by side comparison of several games from both systems, and awarded the "better graphics" medal to the 360. Both systems are great and you can't really lose by going with either of them...in the end though, I think the advantages the 360 maintains give it the edge.

re: Two pieces of news from Stephenie Meyer about the Twilight series:

MediaPhile@evpl — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:28:44 GMT

Wow -- what a spiffy post! And it looks really cool against the black background!

re: Read it...before you see it!

TeenLibrarian@evpl — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:23:31 GMT

I finished reading the short story Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Very interesting premise, Benjamin Button was born a 70 year old man and ages backward. "The story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end." Think about that. I questioned if one would age backward, why would they do things as if they were aging normally? At age 18 or rather age 62 (70-18) Benjamin enrolls in college.

Story is available online @ xroads.virginia.edu/.../benjamin1.htm

Audio is available @ thoughtaudio.com/.../index.html

Or check the book out from the library.

If you like this you might also like The confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer.

re: Two pieces of news from Stephenie Meyer about the Twilight series:

kiya@evpl — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:08 GMT

I'm still reading the series for the first time - just finished New Moon. I'm still a little unsure about whether I want to see the movie. Or whether I'll read the leaked part of the 5th book when I finish Breaking Dawn. What about you?