richardkong.com » Gaming http://www.richardkong.com Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Skokie Madden Bowl II http://www.richardkong.com/2010/02/skokie-madden-bowl-ii/ http://www.richardkong.com/2010/02/skokie-madden-bowl-ii/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:29:16 +0000 Rich http://www.richardkong.com/?p=436 Last year, my colleague and I started a new tradition of hosting a Madden tournament during the weekend before the Super Bowl. This past Saturday, we held the 2nd annual Skokie Madden Bowl and it turned out great! We had about 20 participants (though a couple had to leave early) competing for the top prize, which was a gift card to GameStop. There was some pretty serious competition, but everyone was also laughing and having a good time just hanging out. There was definitely a good vibe in the room. Read more about the event on our library blog and check out this video from the tournament:

]]> http://www.richardkong.com/2010/02/skokie-madden-bowl-ii/feed/ 0 2009 Skokie Madden Bowl I http://www.richardkong.com/2009/01/2009-skokie-madden-bowl-i/ http://www.richardkong.com/2009/01/2009-skokie-madden-bowl-i/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:40:44 +0000 Rich http://kongtemplation.com/?p=236 This past Saturday, MPOW held its first ever Skokie Madden Bowl. 17 skilled participants battled it out for prizes and bragging rights!

Special thanks to Jeff from the local Gamestop for helping out with the tournament and providing extra XBox 360s and copies of Madden 09.

Addition: My colleague, theanalogdivide, has a nice list of lessons learned from our experience putting the tournament together. Check it out!

]]> http://www.richardkong.com/2009/01/2009-skokie-madden-bowl-i/feed/ 0 Game on at SPL! http://www.richardkong.com/2008/07/game-on-at-spl/ http://www.richardkong.com/2008/07/game-on-at-spl/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:02:02 +0000 Rich http://kongtemplation.com/?p=193 My library is gaming in more ways than one. Recently we had our first Scrabble Open Play event and more than 16 people showed up for some fierce word battles. We provided the deluxe scrabble sets and awarded copies of the Official Scrabble Dictionary to some of the top scorers. And just a few days ago, we held our first Senior Wii Club event and about 18 people came out. Everyone was really into it and some in particular were definitely not afraid to show a little emotion. We had one gentleman make an eagle in Wii Sports Golf and he got a quite the reaction when that happened. We’re planning on making both these events a regular monthly thing and we’re also starting gaming programs for youth. And…my hope is to someday put on a Madden Football tournament. Maybe the week of the Superbowl?!

Check out some pics (courtesy of Ruth) from these two events:

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