Canadian Libraries Want $300,000 To Buy Games 229
AirborneGamer writes "The Toronto Public Library is asking for $300K to build up a collection of video games. They have not said if they will buy all types of games, or leave out the M-rated ones. As the City Councilor of Toronto said about the project, 'It may be the only time a young person comes in. It can act as a magnet to attract people. Once we get them in there, you can be darn sure that our librarians will be hard at work to introduce them to everything else the library can offer.' This is a good plan actually, and besides bringing kids into the library it will bring in parents and or guardians who otherwise may not visit the library on their own."
Bait and Switch? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Not really a library. (Score:5, Funny)
...I wouldn't consider half the media today to tell a congruent story.
Yeah, it's fairly rare that two stories nowadays are exactly the same shape and size. They always do things like change the words, and use different words. Something about "copyright" law.
P.S. You probably meant coherent.
Typical government inefficiency (Score:3, Funny)
Why can't they just download them for free like everyone else?
Re:Excellent example.... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah but to be fair, if you remove CSS then webpages look like crap.
Re:Excellent example.... (Score:3, Funny)
What internet money, guy?
Re:Excellent example.... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm not your guy, buddy.