Top Games - Week of December 6th

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

1. Fifa Soccer 11
2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
3. NBA 2K11
4. (tie) Starcraft II
4. (tie) Fallout: New Vegas
6. (tie) Ace Combat 5
6. (tie) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
8. Halo: Reach
9. Super Smash Bros. Melee
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Not ours)

Don't forget to stop by this week and play away your end of semester blues! The archive will be open through Friday night, and then will be closed until next semester, where we'll open in our new location.

Top Games - Week of November 29th

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

1. Super Smash Bros. Melee
2. (tie) Starcraft II
2. (tie) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
4. Fifa Soccer 11
5. (tie) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PlayStation 3)
5. (tie) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Not ours)
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
8. (tie) Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo 64)
8. (tie) Final Fantasy XIII
8. (tie) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)

Call of Duty is beginning to take the stage, perhaps in anticipation of the archive getting its copy of Black Ops. It's not in yet, but it will almost certainly make the list again when we do get it.

The Adventure of Links: December 2, 2010

BBC News Europe: "Spain outrage over migrant bombing game"

Spain's main opposition party has provoked howls of outrage for producing a video game which invites players to bomb illegal immigrants.

Wired Threat Level: "Xbox-Modding Judge Berates Prosecution, Puts Trial on Hold"

Opening statements in the first-of-its kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had “serious concerns about the government’s case.”

University of Colorado Denver Newsroom: "Study shows employees learn best from video games"

Long derided as mere entertainment, new research now shows that organizations using video games to train employees end up with smarter, more motivated workers who learn more and forget less.

cnet Crave: "Does playing video games help reduce pain?"

According to a study from the American Pain Society, a multidisciplinary community of scientists and clinicians who work to reduce pain-related suffering, video games, and more specifically those that incorporate 3D virtual reality, could help reduce physical pain.