Gaming in the Library?

One of the blogs I was observing this week was called The Shifted Librarian.  It blogged back and forth mainly about gaming in the library and the benefits of incorporating gaming into the library.  I found this very interesting since we are becoming a gaming community in out youth as well as some of the older generations, with the introduction of the Wii and more adult games.  There was one library that even constructed a mini-golf course throughout their stacks for a one day summer program to bring youth to the library.  On blog was even discussing the news article about games becoming more like books that you virtually tell the story yourself because of how in depth and involved the games are becoming with their characters and different worlds.  So, I am beginning to wonder, is this something that librarians need to be aware of and understand?  I am sure there were questions as to whether VHS/movies were something that librarians should be involved with when they stated becoming big, and now they are part of most libraries collection development policies.  So, does gaming fit in the world of libraries as something permanent or should it just be something fun to bring the youth through the doors for an occasional program/party?