Monday, October 25, 2010

Top Games - Weeks of October 11-23rd

Here are the top ten games played in the archive last 2 weeks:

1. (tie) Halo: Reach
1. (tie) Fifa Soccer 11
1. (tie) NCAA Football 11
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
5. Super Smash Bros. Melee
6. Starcraft II
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
8. Final Fantasy XII
9. (tie) God of War 3
9. (tie) Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Possibly the first time we've had a 3-way tie for first place, although the winners are no surprise.

Monday, October 18, 2010

NES Turns 25 Today

Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the introduction of Nintendo's NES system in the United States. Although this went on to be one of the best-selling, most popular, and most influential home consoles ever, its roots in the U.S. were far more humble than many might realize.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Fall Break

A heads-up that for fall break, the archive room will be closed from Saturday the 16 through Tuesday the 19th. We'll open again when classes resume on Wednesday the 20th.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Top Games - Week of October 4th

Here are the top ten games played in the archive last week:

1. Halo: Reach
2. NCAA Football 11
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4. Fifa Soccer 11
5. (tie) Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)
5. (tie) FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa
7. Starcraft II
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
9. (tie) Golden Eye 007
9. (tie) Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)

Yes, we now have Halo: Reach and NCAA Football 11. Which answers about 90% of the questions we get asked daily. Enjoy.