The first step to becoming a gamer

My inspiration for this blog came during a session at the 2010 OLA Superconference. As would seem appropriate, the session was on gaming and the approaches that libraries can use for children and youth. I consider gaming to be a big hole on my resume so I'm going to go about improving my knowledge. Please follow along as I explore board games, card games, computer games and video games. Let me confess my gaming knowledge as of today so that other newbies will have something to relate to and pro-star gamers won't waste any more of their time on this blog: I have played traditional, adult board games (Monopology, Scattergories, Scrabble, etc.); I think the last computer software game I played was an early version of The Sims; online I am a sudoku addict; and I rocked the first Nintendo system but recently have only played Rock Band and Guitar Hero with my friends' consoles. In other words, I've got a long way to go if I want to be a knowledgeable gamer.
The gaming area is no longer a new frontier for public library programming but there are new games coming out all the time. So let's get started if we ever hope to catch up!