2015’s Game of the Year Winners

The following games received “Game of the Year” honors from the five major industry award shows in 2015:

    The Game Awards: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    GDC Awards: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    DICE Awards: Fallout 4
    SXSW Gaming Awards: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    BAFTA Games Awards: Fallout 4

A complete list of all winners and nominees can be found below. Continue reading →

Are “Public Performance Rights” Required For Game Programs?

This article is from the first edition of The Video Game Librarian website I published between 2008 and 2010. It was originally written on June 6, 2008.

The question of whether or not it’s legal to use video games in a public program has come up in four places over the last several days: The School Library Journal, GamePolitics.com, Joystiq’s Law of the Game column and at the LibGaming Discussion Group.

Here’s what they had to say… Continue reading →