Tagged Video Games

Explore Creative Careers with Field Teen Center!

Throughout the month of July, Field Teen Center recorded interviews with a voice actor, four game designers, and a comic book writer. If you’re interested in creative jobs or if you just want to learn more about how your favorite…

Digital Media Spotlight | MAR10 Day and the World of Video Games

Today, on March 10—or Mar10 , if you will—we celebrate everything about the red-and-blue-suspendered plumber with extraordinary jumping abilities and a knack for exciting adventures— Mario ! Mario has been Nintendo…

35th Anniversary of TETRIS

Earlier this month a deceivingly simple yet absolutely addictive game celebrated it's 35th anniversary . Before Minecraft, before VR, there was... TETRIS ! The game, or one of its many knockoffs, copies, or variants, has been…

Get Your Game On with These Video Game-influenced Graphic Novels!

Games? We love games! Board games , video games , card games , fantasy role playing games —we'll probably play hundreds of different games throughout our lifetime, but what about the people behind the creation of these…

Ready, Set, Pokémon GO !

This summer the Free Library will team up with the Knight Foundation and Niantic , maker of Pokémon , to bring Pokémon GO to five select Philadelphia libraries! PHL17 recently visited Parkway Central Library and talked…

When School's Out, Stay Cool with Awesome Activities at the Free Library!

While some schools in the area have already let out for the summer, the last official day for Philadelphia School District students is Tuesday, June 20. Woo Hoo! While pools and spraygrounds around the city will begin opening later this…

#Mystery Monday: The Infamous Carmen Sandiego

Today’s #MysteryMonday is also some nostaligia-on-the-19th—we’re catching up with one of our favorite crime capers, the big-hatted, red-coated Carmen Sandiego . She made her debut in 1985 in the at-that-time incredibly…

Nintendo Switch Tournaments

Celebrate our circulating video games with us! Teens, aged 12-19, can battle it out in Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and more. Enjoy free food, drinks, and awesome giveaways! Program runs every Tuesday in June! Sign up here for…

Nintendo Switch Tournaments

Celebrate our circulating video games with us! Teens, aged 12-19, can battle it out in Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and more. Enjoy free food, drinks, and awesome giveaways! Program runs every Tuesday in June! Sign up here for…

Nintendo Switch Tournaments

Celebrate our circulating video games with us! Teens, aged 12-19, can battle it out in Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and more. Enjoy free food, drinks, and awesome giveaways! Program runs every Tuesday in June! Sign up here for…

Nintendo Switch Tournaments

Celebrate our circulating video games with us! Teens, aged 12-19, can battle it out in Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and more. Enjoy free food, drinks, and awesome giveaways! Program runs every Tuesday in June! Sign up here for…

Teen Gaming

Join us on Friday afternoons from 3:00-4:30pm for video and board games! Feel free to bring your own games. For youth in grades 7-12.  

Teen Video Games

Join us from 3:00-4:30, for video games at the Field Teen Center every Tuesday and Friday! We play a variety of games. New players and experienced pros welcome.    Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages…

Nintendo Switch Tournament

Join us for a Super Smash Bros Ultimate showdown followed by a Just Dance ’21 dance off. All ages are invited to compete. Spectators welcome. Pizza and snacks for all! Bring your library card (or sign up for one here) and browse…

Teen Video Games

Join us from 3:00-4:30, for video games at the Field Teen Center every Tuesday and Friday! We play a variety of games. New players and experienced pros welcome.    Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages…

Let’s SWITCH it Up! with LEAP!

Are you a Switch Champion? Come join us for the Super Smash Bros. Tournament on Tuesday, May 28th, 2024. Community Meeting Room, 3pm  

CANCELLED - Teen Video Games

**Note: This program has been cancelled due to an early holiday closure for Memorial Day weekend. Parkway Central Library will close at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 5/24.**    Join us from 3:00-4:30, for video games at the Field Teen…

Teen Gaming

Join us on Friday afternoons from 3:00-4:30pm for video and board games! Feel free to bring your own games. For youth in grades 7-12.  

Teen Video Games

Join us for video games at the Field Teen Center every Tuesday and Friday! We play a variety of games. New players and experienced pros welcome.    Programs at the Field Teen Center are open to individuals ages 12 to 18.…