The Gaming Zone

Current Gaming Events @ Your Library

WBL Gamesters
Play the X-Box 360, Nintendo Wii, Dance, Dance Revolution (DDR) and other games. Just show up and play. Free snacks!

Karaoke for Teens
Come out to sing your favorite songs and have fun with your friends.

Gaming
Wii got game! Do you? Come and find out what we’re playing this week.

Mario-Online Tournament
Come and compete to be one of the representatives in the multi-library Mario Kart Online Tournament!!!!! We start on Saturday Nov. 14 at 2:00 and go to 4:00 pm. The winners of this event will return to compete on Sunday Nov. 15 from 2 – 4 pm.

Mario Kart Online Tournament
Come and compete to be one of the representatives in the multi-library Mario Kart Online Tournament!!!!! We start on Saturday Nov. 14 at 2:00 and go to 4:00 pm. The winners of this event will return to compete on Sunday Nov. 15 from 2 – 4 pm.

Family Gaming Night
Wild about Wii Sports? Crazy for guitar hero? Join us at North County Regional Library for an evening of family friendly video games with something for all ages.

Q2K4ALL
Want to play a game of chess? You have come to the right place. Bring your chess board and test your skills as Grandmaster. Don’t know how to play? Come anyway and learn from some great players.

Get Unplugged: Board Games
Find out how well you know your friends with Apples to Apples, test your ability to think quickly with Catch Phrase, or see who wants it all in Monopoly. We’ll have these games & more–grab a friend and get gaming! For teens in 6th-12th grades only.

Dance! Sing! Play!
Teen time fun with Guitar Hero, Karaoke singing, and dancing.

Kids’ Gaming
Elementary school age children are welcome to come play a variety of electronic games at the library. No registration required. Info: (704) 416-4831.

Elementary School Chess Club
Like playing chess or want to learn? The Chess Club is for 1st-5th grades. Registration for Winter and Spring meetings begins 10/28.

Wii Gaming
Kick off Thanksgiving break with open play Wii gaming. Registration required, call 704-416-5000, option 4.

Wii Loves Teens
Join the fun on the fourth Thursday of every month for some friendly competition using XBox 360 or Wii. Refreshments will be served.

Game On!
Show off your skills on the Wii, XBox 360, and the PS2. Snacks will be served.

We Play Freeplay
Bring in a game, or play some of ours. We’ll have a variety of video games and consoles available for your entertainment. This is our last program before the New Year’s Eve bash at North County. For teens in 6th-12th grades only.

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  • Rajeev // December 14, 2007 at 3:19 am | Reply

    sir,

    Kindly get the details for setting a virtual gaming zone

    Rajeev

  • Anonymous // December 17, 2007 at 3:51 pm | Reply

    Dear Rajeev,
    Thank you for your comments. We offer many kinds of game programs at our library branches for adults, teens, and children. The Gaming Zone programs offer console, PC LAN gaming and board games. We network a group a laptops specifically for LAN play inside the library. Other programs offer the Nintendo DS, which users can play against each other over the library’s wireless network. I hope this has answered your question about what we do here at PLCMC. If you have any other questions you would want to use the gotgame@plcmc.org email to get a response from the Gaming Zone team leaders.

    Sincerely,
    The Questing Librarian,
    Gaming Zone Blog Administrator

  • shaun m. robinson // January 14, 2008 at 3:09 pm | Reply

    interested in playing

  • questinglibrarian // January 24, 2008 at 7:57 pm | Reply

    Hi Shaun,
    We would love to have you stop by and participate in one of our gaming programs. Branch locations, dates and times are listed under the Current Gaming Events Tab on the Gaming Zone Blog and also at the PLCMC Website under the Programs tab. Here is the link: http://www.plcmc.org/Programs/
    If you have any other questions or comments please let us know.
    Sincerely,
    The Question Librarian,
    Gaming Zone Blog Administrator

  • Daniel Cole // August 20, 2008 at 5:36 pm | Reply

    You should start an anime club for adults. I’m thirty so it would be very odd and out of place for me to show up to the teen one (especially since I teach and some of them there could be my students) but I am a big anime freak. Thanks!

  • questinglibrarian // September 3, 2008 at 12:04 pm | Reply

    Hi Daniel, You can contact your local library branch about wanting to start an Anime Club for Adults. I am sure that they would be delighted to have an Anime expert from the community to start this club. There could also be staff available to partner with you to start the club. Here are the locations so you can find the branch closest to you: http://www.plcmc.org/Locations/ Give them a call to get started!

  • vlady // November 6, 2008 at 7:39 pm | Reply

    u need to add more events to mint hill

  • questinglibrarian // November 6, 2008 at 7:54 pm | Reply

    Hi VLady, I’m sure that if you contact Mint Hill library (704) 416-5221 and let them know what kind of gaming programming you are interested in they could see about adding those types of programs. You could even ask about volunteering at the library to assist staff in being able to provide the kinds of programs you love. Happy Gaming!

  • robert // April 2, 2009 at 9:59 am | Reply

    You need a Halo 3 tounament at north couty regional.

  • questinglibrarian // April 2, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Reply

    Hi Robert,
    Thanks for your recommendation about a Halo 3 tournament at North County Regional Library. You might want to contact the North County reference desk to see if that is something that can be arranged. Their phone number is 704-416-6000, option #4. Since Halo 3 is a rated M game it may require registration and showing proof of age with a state issued photo ID. It would be have to be limited to adults ages 18+ unless the program preparer has concent forms that a parent can pick up and sign for their minor. The library limits purchases to games with an ESRB rating from E (Everyone) to T (Teen) so you may have to bring in your own copy of Halo 3 for the XBox 360 and coordinate that with the staff person doing that program at North County.
    Happy Gaming!

  • Chris // June 18, 2009 at 10:18 pm | Reply

    Maybe you could get more events for the portable systems, like DS or PSP.

  • questinglibrarian // June 19, 2009 at 11:40 am | Reply

    Hi Chris!
    Contact ImaginOn for gaming events for portables. I know that they have 3 DS’s for programming. I’m sure that it will be a BYO Portable event. If you let them know your interests I’m sure they could arrange some programs for those portables!
    Here’s their number: (704) 416-4660. Also if you are interested in volunteering call (704) 416-4604 to see what opportunities are available.

  • nikky906 // July 30, 2009 at 9:52 pm | Reply

    they should have a ds copitition with the ds some how projected on a sreen some how.

    that would be the coolest.

  • questinglibrarian // August 8, 2009 at 2:25 pm | Reply

    Hi Nikky906,
    I spoke with library staff who do gaming programs with the Nintendo DS and none of us know of an AV cable available for the Nintendo DS. If there was then we could hook up the DSs to a projector with the AV cable. Maybe the next time the DS is upgraded it will have that capability.
    Thanks for asking!

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