Library to host video gaming tournament
The Leap Day Lunacy gaming tournament will take place Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 3 to 6 p.m. on the third floor of LCC’s TLC Building. (Courtesy photo by Victoria Meadows)
LCC’s Library will host the Leap Day Lunacy gaming tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 3 to 6 p.m. on the third floor of LCC’s TLC Building.
Victoria Meadows, the library communications manager, said the free gaming tournament can provide some relaxing downtime for students and spread awareness about library services. There will be room for 16 players.
“We’re hoping (the tournament) will be fun and popular and we can continue to host them in the future,” Meadows said. “We’re looking to connect with students and show them the library is not just a place necessarily to go study but also somewhere you can go in between classes.”
Students will be playing Batman: Arkham City on PS3 and Super Smash Brothers on the Wii before being treated to a surprise challenge final round.
“There will be four rounds … and the highest score at the end of the day will win a prize,” Meadows said. “First place will be a $50 gift certificate to Game Stop, second place will be a $25 Game Stop gift certificate and then we’ll have a losers’ bracket. And the winner of the losers’ bracket will get a $10 gift certificate to Aramark.”
Meadows also entertained the possibility of letting students host their own gaming tournaments at the library, with the library staff’s coordination of course.
“There is research that shows that there’s a connection between gaming and improved vocabulary and memory retention in conjunction with studying,” Meadows said.
In an episode of LCC’s video game show Double Jump, Scott Skowronek, Access Services technical supervisor, explained how he approached the idea of building a game room in the library.
“We need somewhere that is fun for students that they can take a study break but at the same time still engage in learning,” Skowronek said. “Gaming actually does all of that. When you’re approaching a new game, you’re learning a new interface.”
Some of the services the library staff hopes to advertise through the tournament include research help, online chat reference, accessing database journals, textbooks on reserve and renting tablets and iPads.
According to one of the library’s blog posts, students can save upwards of $280 simply by utilizing these services.
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