Game Pit?!? I’m SO jealous

I saw on the chronicle that Northern Virginia Community College has a “Game Pit”. I would love to have something like this at our campus. Here is a short vid about it:

Game Pit

It doesn’t seem like it’s being used for research or academic reasons, and that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. They’re using it for community building. They identified something that students needed and met that need. I want my library to do this. We’re already a major hotspot for students, and they’re not all here studying. The library, for them, is a place to come while they have time between classes so they can socialize, check email, watch youtube, send pokes on facebook, etc. Why not let them game?

I’m sure a gaming lab could be used for teaching and learning too. I mean, we have a game design program here. We have faculty teaching courses in digital games. I’m sure a gaming lab could support those instructors and students. How about people interested in studying things like violence in games, social impacts of gaming, games as educational tools? They’d use the space too.

Anyway, it probably won’t happen. It’d be cool and libraries aren’t allowed to be cool, amiright?