I tried getting my school to do this a couple years ago. I wrote a proposal for using the computers as a fundraiser; $3 per person per day, and would be open during the weekends, with procedes going towards our technology budget for better computers. The proposal got all the way through the district, until, as I was told, "the District Executive of Saying No To Things" said no.
Anyway, the University of Washington has a very loose policy; as long as someone else doesn't need the computer, you can play games on it. There are Starcraft and Half Life games going all the time.
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I tried getting my school to do this a couple years ago. I wrote a proposal for using the computers as a fundraiser; $3 per person per day, and would be open during the weekends, with procedes going towards our technology budget for better computers. The proposal got all the way through the district, until, as I was told, "the District Executive of Saying No To Things" said no.
Anyway, the University of Washington has a very loose policy; as long as someone else doesn't need the computer, you can play games on it. There are Starcraft and Half Life games going all the time.