Monday, October 26, 2009

Serious Games Expo, Nov 19

Serious games, Simulations and Natural Learning

"Show and Tell"
265 Chrysler Center, North Campus
Ann Arbor 48109

Thursday, November 19, 2009
5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

FREE FOOD

Monday, October 19, 2009

2009 Racing Tournament Results

Here are the final results from the 2009 Racing Tournament. The top four overall racers received gift certificates for Get Your Game On.

1 Cesar Jose Miguel Parra (32)
2 Daniel Ponstein (28)
3 Daniel Thomas Miller (27)
4 Nathan Feenstra (26)
5 Weslie Tigner II (23)
6 Kevin Lapprich (22)
6 Aaron Skolnik (22)
6 Ladante Riley (22)
9 Alan Duanmu (15)
10 Yang Gao (12)
11 Alex Goff (10)
12 Shaun Joshua Levin (9)
12 Brian Chung (9)
14 Dorian Waitz (5)
15 Vlad Voziyanov (4)
15 Raghunath Sai Katragadda (4)
17 Sammy Joe Lee (2)
17 Charles Mercer (2)
19 Douglas William Strait (1)


The top finishers for each game were:

F-Zero: Weslie Tigner II (2:08:40)

Star Wars Episode I Racer: Daniel Miller (3:16:32)

Mario Kart Double Dash: Nathan Feenstra (1:56:21)

Pure: Nathan Feenstra (5:06:00)

Forza 2: Cesar Parra (3:36:27)


Thanks to everyone who participated. We're already planning our next tournament, probably in early 2010...

Friday, October 16, 2009

Fall Break Hours

Due to the Fall Break, the Computer & Video Game Archive will close today at 3pm. We will be closed Saturday through Tuesday, and reopen Wednesday at 10am, resuming regular hours.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Racing Tournament - Day Four

Here's the leaderboard after day three of the racing tournament:

F-Zero - 1st: Weslie Tigner II ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Cesar Jose Miguel Parra

Star Wars - 1st: Alan Duanmu ; 2nd: Dorian Waitz ; 3rd: Cesar Jose Miguel Parra

Mario Kart - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Shaun Joshua Levin

Pure - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Weslie Tigner II

Forza 2 - 1st: Yang Gao ; 2nd: Kevin Lapprich ; 3rd: Daniel Ponstein

Competition continues through Saturday. Remember, you have to complete all five races in order to be eligible to win!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Racing Tournament - Day Three

Here's the leaderboard after day three of the racing tournament:

F-Zero - 1st: Weslie Tigner II ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Brian Chung

Star Wars - 1st: Alex Goff ; 2nd: Charles Mercer ; 3rd: Douglas William Strait

Mario Kart - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Shaun Joshua Levin

Pure - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Weslie Tigner II ; 3rd: Shaun Joshua Levin

Forza 2 - 1st: Yang Gao ; 2nd: Kevin Lapprich ; 3rd: Daniel Ponstein

Competition continues through Saturday. Remember, you have to complete all five races in order to be eligible to win!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Racing Tournament - Day Two

Here's the leaderboard after day two of the racing tournament:

F-Zero - 1st: Daniel Ponstein ; 2nd: Yang Gao ; 3rd: Alex Goff

Star Wars - 1st: Alex Goff ; 2nd: Yang Gao ; 3rd: Daniel Ponstein

Mario Kart - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein ; 3rd: Shaun Joshua Levin

Pure - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Shaun Joshua Levin ; 3rd: Yang Gao

Forza 2 - 1st: Kevin Lapprich ; 2nd: Zhen Li ; 3rd: Shaun Joshua Levin

Competition continues through Saturday. Remember, you have to complete all five races in order to be eligible to win!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Racing Tournament - Day One

Here's the leaderboard from day one of the racing tournament:

F-Zero - 1st: Daniel Ponstein ; 2nd: Yang Gao

Star Wars - 1st: Alex Goff ; 2nd: (none)

Mario Kart - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Daniel Ponstein

Pure - 1st: Nathan Feenstra ; 2nd: Yang Gao

Forza 2 - 1st: Kevin Lapprich ; 2nd: Zhen Li

Competition continues through Saturday, so expect these standings to change as the week goes on...