GD Keynote November 4th GLLS08
We’re back! 4 surprisingly warm days in Chicago in an executive suite (got a deal, yay Orbitz), a couples massage, several fine bottles of wine accompanying several excellent meals and we saw a Second City show (that’s the improv troop that most of the classic SNL stars came from). Ah, what a great 10th anniversary with the woman I’m still mad for. Then it was off to Oak Brook to talk to some librarians. How’d it go? Fantastic. Libraries aren’t fond of censorship and they’ve been lending movies and music for long enough that they don’t fear games.
This was a positive experience. I was only nervous because the previous keynote speakers, Kutner and Prensky, are authors.
GamerDad isn’t a scholarly endeavor. I preach a new kind of common sense about games and it’s a message that people seem to really like. My speech delved a bit into the history of violence controvery and media, covered the basics of videogame history, and gave practical advice. Actually, this guy summed up my speech pretty nicely!
I’ve got to thank Reasearch Quest Paul and ALA Techsource’s Jenny Levine and I also want to thank all the nice men and women who appreciated my views. I was treated very warmly, the Library looks like a safe refuge and ally in the videogame debates. And, what a great way to reach parents!
November 4th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
“4 surprisingly warm days in Chicago in an executive suite (got a deal, yay Orbitz), a couples massage, several fine bottles of wine accompanying several excellent meals and we saw a Second City show (that’s the improv troop that most of the classic SNL stars came from).”
Lucky duck.
November 4th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I dunno Wampa, that show was very liberal and titled “No Country for Old White Men.” I should have mentioned that the first 3 days were celebrating my wife and my 10 year anniversary and the Oak Brook part was paid for by the ALA. Wish I could have expensed that suite!
November 5th, 2008 at 8:02 am
*edits it*
“several excellent meals”
There, you’re still lucky.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Thank you for adding your voice to what libraries are trying to do. Helping librarians know that there are places like GamerDad and WhatTheyPlay where libraries can go to quickly get answers on content is really useful. Librarians may not judge content, but they field questions from parents who do.
Thanks again for coming.
And congrats again on the 10 years.