I am always torn on the "libraries = books" attitude. In a very real way, books are the "brand" of libraries. No matter what else libraries provide, when you say "library" to the average person, their first thought will be "the place with the free books", and I'm not at all sure that's a bad thing. Books may be an old medium, but they aren't dying by any means -- until we invent a screen technology that's as portable and easy to read as paper, books aren't going anywhere.

I totally agree that games have a greater teaching potential than "static" media. Some people learn by absorbing, but even more people learn by *doing*, and that's what games are -- a way to do. The serious games for sure, but even games that are meant to "entertain" can teach problem solving and creative thinking.

Interesting that, as someone in the industry, you say that the Citizen Kane of video games hasn't come along yet. Which I totally buy. I wonder though, if we'll know it when we see it, or if we'll only be able to recognize it in retrospect.

BTW, is that Cary Grant in your icon?