Eaten by a Grue

November was definitely dominated by FIFA players. Though we got several new games (including Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Mad Max, The Phantom Pain, Forza 6, etc.), the classics won our top 10 list for this month, including Guitar Hero, Smash and Call of Duty.
To find out what other new games have been added to our collection, check out the new games feed on our website here.

Over the past couple weeks, we received a couple of interesting donations, including a Sega Pico and a Memorex VIS. The games that came with them were mostly centered towards the education of children, with a few others thrown in.

This month was a busy time for the CVGA, mostly due to our Gender & Gaming Symposium that took place in the Hatcher Gallery. We also got several new games in our collection, including Madden NFL 16 and Super Mario Maker, both featured in our top 10 games list for October. In addition, we saw a couple of older favorites make the list, including The Last of Us and Guitar Hero III.

This past month was filled with FIFA across the board, with FIFA 15 being played over twice as much as any other game in our collection. Other new fan favorites also made the list, including Bloodborne and Dragon Age. And not one, but two copies of Super Smash Bros. Melee made the list this month, showing the lasting popularity of the game on campus.

We have an interesting batch of games on our top 10 list this month. With our hours reduced and lots of regular faces in the archive, we got to see everyone's favorite games make the list, including an Atari game (possibly for the first time).
Also, just a reminder that our Fall expanded hours will start on Tuesday, September 8th. They'll also be a little different this year as we close an hour earlier than last year (8pm) and do away with our Saturday hours. So get your gaming in during the week while you can!

We'd like to welcome new and returning students to campus this week by holding a Super Smash Bros. tournament! We'll also have other casual gaming opportunities, including Splatoon for the Wii U. We'll be partnering with Ann Arbor District Library as we share information about local gaming on and off campus at your local libraries.

The event is free, and we're offering prizes for the winners of the tournament. Hope you can join us!

This month has been the month of tours, families, and people of all ages coming to check out what the archive has to offer and playing games. As such, we see a lot more Nintendo games on the list than usual, including a Super Nintendo game. Way to go, Mario.
We have one more month of unrestricted Smash, so get your games in before the Fall semester begins!

Here are our top games played in the archive during the month of June. Multiple versions of Smash rise in popularity as people take advantage of the fact that they can play it anytime we're open during the Summer. Splatoon quickly rises to make it on our list, even though we haven't had it for long.

Also, a reminder that our hours for the Summer term are currently Wed-Fri 1-5pm, so enjoy the lovely Summer weather on Mondays and Tuesdays for the next couple months. (Or play Smash at a friend's house in anticipation of playing it at the archive - whatever you prefer.)

Here is our Top 10 list of popular games for this past month. A game beats FIFA in the ranking for the first time in ages, and Smash rises in the ranks (probably students celebrating the fact that we allow it every day during the Spring and Summer).

We'll probably see more classic games making the list as well, as students vow over the Summer to finish "that old game I always wanted to get through but never had time for."

For our Top 10 list in April, Mario Kart presented a strong front, as well as the usual contenders. When we look at the most popular games during Winter term, all of the newer systems dominated the list, with FIFA 15 being played nearly three times more than the game that came in second place.