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Because of a ruling by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts, video games are now legally considered to be an art form.

The Usability Group and User Experience Department have partnered on a project to improve the display of library website search results.

Stop by and check out our new book display, which showcases novels and art books based on video games.

The National Endowment for the Arts is offering a grant to help fund "development, production and distribution of innovative media projects," including video games that can be considered works of art.

Our fearless leader Dave was recently quoted in an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, which explored the growing prevalence of game collections within academic libraries.

The CVGA room will be closed this Friday & Saturday, April 29-30. We will re-open on Monday May 2 and begin our regular Spring/Summer hours: Mon - Fri, Noon - 7pm; closed Sat & Sun.

Do you have fond memories of working together with your friends on WoW to accomplish a great feat? Read about a notable point in the history of WoW, when people from all over worked together, amassing an enormous list of supplies and defeating terrible enemies in a massive effort to open the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.

Authored by Ben Nanamaker: A little while back, one of my favorite web sites for thoughtful articles and analysis about video games, The Escapist, posted a video on an interesting topic of debate: "True Female Characters". The video, part of a weekly series they do called Extra Credits, digs deep into the issue of gender and character in video games.

Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, who is often thought of as the inventor of the first modern gaming console, died last weekend at age 70. Jerry designed the mechanics of what eventually became known as the Channel F, a predecessor of the Atari game system, and invented the ability to have interchangeable cartridges in a console, which influenced several cartridge-based game consoles throughout the next couple of decades.

Save the date!WolverineSoft, a student group on campus that focuses on game development, is planning a Tech Day on Saturday, October 8th. The event is designed to give a broad introduction to the University of Michigan's College of Engineering by inviting high school students and college transfer students to see the Engineering campus. They will have a table to display their club and its games.