Here’s what arrived at the CVGA this past week

We’re at @UMTrotterMC playing Mario Kart Double Dash with Wolverine Parhways students

Here’s what arrived at the CVGA this past week

The CVGA is closed today and tomorrow for the intersession. We re-open with out regular hours on Wednesday June 28.

Which racer will be crowned as AADL's Mario Kart Tournament Champion? Find out TODAY at 1 pm at the Downtown Library. 🏎 🏁 Details: aadl.org/node/618300

We had several staff requests to purchase this… Exploding Kittens University of Michigan Library

Recent additions to the CVGA games collection University of Michigan Library

Do not wrap cords tightly around controllers—it places stress on the cords, esp. at the place where the cord enters the controller and can lead to damage. Instead, lightly coil the cord and place under the controller.

via ScienceDaily : Effectiveness of video gameplay restrictions questioned in new study sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/…

Attention University of Michigan students: The CVGA is now hiring student assistants for the fall semester. Apply now at apps.lib.umich.edu/student-applic… University of Michigan Library

We are now umcvga over on that Azure site...

Look! We were recently gifted a copy of Doki Doki Toshokan: Gatsubi no Monogatari (aka "The Great Gatsby) on an NES cartridge!

The CVGA will be closed the week of August 21 for intersession. We re-open with our Fall schedule starting August 28.

Want to represent the University of Michigan in collegiate competitions? Michigan Students interested in Esports team tryouts should check out Michigan Esports Discord for updates on dates, times, & locations. myumi.ch/n7bbA

Still no networking in Shapiro, but we are open! Older systems (and board games) still work 😀

Network access for U-M campus has been restored, and we are back to (mostly) normal operation. You can still play the old games if you want—thanks to everyone who came by for some old-school game action during the two-day outage 😃😃🕹️🕹️

This week marks the 15th Anniversary of the opening of the U-M Computer & Video Game Archive! We've grown to nearly 10,000 games for ~80 different gaming systems, covering nearly 50 years of gaming history! University of Michigan Library