Posts by Val Waldron

Here is our listed of most frequently played games in the CVGA during the month of November. FIFA dominates the list once again, with Call of Duty and Mario Kart both making a dual presence on the list. The XBOX One is getting ever more popular, mostly amongst the sports and first-person shooter crowd.

We just finished hosting Nick Harp's English class in the archive, which focused on how the apocalypse (in its various forms) is represented in video games. The class discussion led to several very interesting questions.

Which apocalyptic games would you have added to our games list, and why?

Here is our list of highly played games in the CVGA during the month of October. The newest generation of game consoles have more of a presence on our list than ever before, perhaps due to newly acquired highly anticipated titles like Shadow of Mordor and Hyrule Warriors. And it's been awhile since we've seen such a clear lead with our FIFA titles (played 50+ times more than anything else). They've become quite the dominating presence in the archive.

Here is our list of most popular games during the month of September. Xbox 360 in clearly still more popular than Xbox One, although one of the Xbox One's games did top out the list. FIFA games of every flavor dominate the list with four entries, and I'm sure the newly acquired FIFA 15 will make an appearance next month. That's right: as of yesterday we have FIFA 15.

So for awhile there, we thought we had a ghost in the archive. Or since it was a rogue television that kept turning off on its own, maybe we should refer to it as a ghost in the machine.

Welcome back, students! Here is our list of most popular games from last month. Quite a few newer games as well as a few fan favorites.

Today we have a post from our guest author, Amanda Cote. Since we recently added mobile gaming to our collections, it has been a topic of much discussion among us.

Here is our list of games most played in the archive during the month of July. Both versions of FIFA 14 made the list, as well as a total of three copies of Smash.

News from our fearless leader, Dave: The CVGA finally enters the world of mobile gaming this week with the addition of an iPad Air to our collection of gaming platforms.

Guest author Amanda Cote joins us again to share her thoughts on a popular topic at the recent ALA Conference: Video Games in Library Collections.