Celebrate National Games Week

National Games Week runs November 19-25, 2007.

Second Life resident and gamer librarian Eiseldora Reisman has organized a slew of events in OPAL Online/Second Life. A partial listing follows; more updates to come!

Sunday November 19, 1:00PM -- "An Interview with Mark Simmons"
Mark is the founder of National Games Week Founder
faciliated by Eiseldora Reisman , Second Life
Location: Second Life Library 2.0, Info Island 91, 193 33

Monday November 20, 5:00PM -- Nick deKunter, "Making Educational Games"
Nick is the Vice President of Muzzy Lane and Designer of Making History
Location: OPAL presentation, http://www.opal-online.org (audio simultaneously broadcast in Second Life)

Wednesday November 22, 1:00PM -- Virtual Bacon, "Second Life Game Design"
Virtual is the program director of the Game & Simulation Department at DeVry University
and owner of imagiLEARNING and working on PhD in Games and Learning
Location: OPAL presentation, http://www.opal-online.org

Wednesday November 22, 5:00PM -- Cerulean Vesparia, "Games by the Numbers"
Cerulean is a librarian and advocate of gaming in libraries.
Cerulean Vesperia, Librarian at Info Island, delivers a presention on video and tabletop gaming statistics as part of National Games Week. Discover why games matter, discuss the benefits of playing games, and get empowered to harness this interactive format for programming, collections, and services that meet the needs of gamers of all ages in all types of libraries!
Location: Second Life Library 2.0, Info Island 91, 193 33

Friday November 24, TBD -- Eiseldora Reisman, "Relation Between Online Environments and Tabletop Games"
Eiseldora is a librarian and advocate of gaming in libraries, and the author of the Mario Brothers Memorial Public Library webpage.
Location: OPAL presentation, http://www.opal-online.org

Friday November 24, TBD -- Paul Schwarzwalder, "Game Design Q&A"
Location: OPAL presentation, http://www.opal-online.org

Friday November 21, 5:00 PM -- Talon Lardner, "Role Playing in Second Life"
Talon is a Second Life Roleplayer with theStarfleet Second Life Quadrant where she assists with the Medical and Activity division
Location: Second Life Library 2.0, Info Island 91, 193 33