It’s a small space in which orange and green poufs stand in front of a television. On the white walls, stickers of video game characters have been hung. There are no books or comic books here, just the Nintendo Switch, the famous game console. Since the end of the summer, it has been available to users of the Pays de Château-Gontier media library.
Develop collective moments
“It’s also a console that’s easy to learn very quickly, even if you’ve never played video games. You can enjoy playing together very quickly. There are fun games, brain games. _We will find for example games like Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit_. It’s really a universe that is very rich, as much as that of literature or cinema“Explains Anne Ferrera, head of the Pays de Château-Gontier media library.
An open mind
Users are allowed to indulge in their favorite games for up to one hour to avoid fatigue, nervousness and stress. Video games sometimes get bad press and yet they have real educational virtues, continues Anne Ferrera. “It is also an openness to the spirit and to the world. There are video games that talk about history. _There are history teachers who use the video game in progress to introduce their students to periods_. There is really a very important intellectual work, once again, in fact in the production of video games and which we are keen to make people discover.“.