Arcade Master Series @ AADL

Sun, 05/01/2011 - 4:49pm by dubaym

This AADL-GT season marks the beginning of the Arcade Master Series! Each tournament will include an Arcade Master gaming challenge along side the main event. Points will be awarded to top finishes of each tournament and to winners of the gaming challenge. At the end of the season, points will be tallied and the finalists will be invited to the Arcade Master Cup and an Arcade master will be crowned. He or She will have their name added to Arcade Master Trophy, displayed in the library for all the n00bs to covet. In addition to bragging rights, the winner will receive an iCade and a Apple iPad 2! Do you have what it takes to be our first Arcade Master?!?

February Gaming Weekend

Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:51am by dubaym

Spend your winter vacation with us. This month is showcasing some newer games Wii Play, Madden 2011, and PS Move.

Friday, February 18
06:00 pm-08:30 pm Wii Party and PS Move Open Play at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Two great events in one!

Wii Party: This game is huge with 13 different game modes and 80 mini-games. Come by yourself or with a partner for single and team prizes.

PS MOVE Open Play: Tired of just exercising your thumbs? This is your chance try
Sony's new Move. Move is the next evolution in motion sensing game play.

Saturday, February 19

12:00 pm-03:00 pm Madden Open Play at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Come play and work for a spot in the afternoon Invitational

03:00 pm-05:30 pm Madden Invitational at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
The final showdown. Come watch a wild card and seeded tournament with prizes.

Sunday, February 20

01:00 pm-04:00 pm Wii Sports Resort Team Tourney for All Ages at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Take a vacation to Wuhu Island and the Wii Sports Resort. Bring friends, parents, grandparents, cousins, or whatever to play your way through Wii Sports Resort's 12 awesome games, with prizes for the winning teams!

Monday, February 21

01:00 pm-05:00 pm PokeMania! at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Bring your DS or DSi and a copy of Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold or SoulSilver. You'll also need to have some Pokemon under level 30 for the Union Room qualifying round.

Music from Found Sounds

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 4:07pm by dubaym

Music From Found Sounds

Curtis Glatter is a musician who specializes in improvization, composition, and making music from found sounds. Learn about his process and tools, how to make music from junk, and get your chance to try out some of the techniques. Curtis will be at the Downtown Library on Sat., Aug. 7, 1 -3 PM, to demonstrate to all ages how he makes music from junk.

Curtis has just let me know if you bring your laptop to the event there will be time after the program for some one-on-one instruction.

Grand Championship Weekend! End the Decade with a SMASH

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 12:32am by eli

The year is drawing to close. The days are almost as short as they're going to get. 2010 and that weird monolith space baby thing are right around the corner. So what should you do with yourself this weekend? Just escape the holiday madness and slush-drenched sidewalks with some serious competition at the Downtown Library!

It all begins with a Super Smash Bros. Brawl Regulation Throwdown for ages 13+ on Friday Night, 12/18, at 6 PM.. These events have become hotly contested, with some of the best players in the COUNTRY showing up, so show up and see how you fare. The action continues on Saturday with the 6th Annual AADL-GT Smash Kart Grand Championships for grades 6-12 starting at Noon with the Wildcard Tournament and rolling right on into the Grands themselves. I'm hoping to get a PS3, an iPod Touch, and a DSi to give away, so show up for a shot at some serious prizes!

Then, don't miss our 3rd annual GT Awards and Grudge Buffet, Sunday 12/20 at 1 PM, featuring lots of open play, the Clan Cup for the top clans of the season, the GT awards and hall of fame inductions, and.... TACO BAR.

Then, with school out, come on downtown for an All Ages Open Play Monday 12/21 from 1-5 PM and come back for our first-ever Wii Sports Resort Tournament for All Ages on 12/21 at 6 PM!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! The action continues on Tuesday with ANOTHER All Ages Open Play Tuesday 12/22 from 1-5 PM and then once again come back for something completely different: GAMECUBE Nostalgia Night! 12/22 at 6 PM for All Ages. Mini-tournaments in some of the best games from the mighty lunchbox... including, perhaps, our lost love Melee? Who knows? Just get to the library and CHECK IT OUT!

November Gaming Weekend

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 8:51pm by dubaym

This month come to the Ann Arbor District Library's Downtown Branch for our November Gaming Weekend. This Month is Round Four of the Smash Kart Championship Series 2009. Smash Kart now tries something slightly different on National Gaming Day @ Your Library as AADL is once again the epicenter of a NATIONAL SMASH BRACKET - playing with Libraries from across the country! How's it going to work? Will AADL make it to the National Gaming Day finals? Come for the pizza but stay for the BRAWL!

Rock Revolution Rock Band & DDR Tourney
Friday, November 13 6pm to 9pm
All ages

Smash Kart Round 4
Saturday, November 14 12pm-5pm
Grades 6-12

MarioKart Wii Mario Kart Wii Tournament For All Ages
Sunday, November 15 1pm-5pm
All ages

BRAWL on CAMPUS! Thursday Night 11/12 at the Michigan Union Ballroom

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 2:04pm by eli

It's time to get out of the basement and bring some BRAWL to the UofM CAMPUS! AADL-GT presents a very special event, Thursday, November 12, at 8 PM in the Michigan Union BRAWLROOM as we bring Super Smash Bros. Brawl out of the library and onto the campus scene. No items here; just you and your skills against the finest brawlers in town. Prizes to top finishers and the knowledge that you were there, in the BRAWLROOM when it all went down. BRAWL on CAMPUS: 8:00 PM on Thursday 11/12 in the Michigan Union Ballroom. Don't miss it!

October Gaming Weekend

Sat, 09/26/2009 - 5:53pm by dubaym

Like VIdeo Games? Come to the Ann Arbor District Library's Downtown Branch for our October Gaming Weekend. This Month is Round Three of the Smash Kart Championship Series 2009. The Smash Kart season continues with a special face-off on the day of the UM/MSU football game! Who cares what happens on the gridiron, can the smashers of Ann Arbor defeat the Lansing contingent? Come find out. We'll be battling the East Lansing Public Library online.We also have Rock Revolution on Friday Night and PL2:Public Library Pokemon League on Sunday Afternoon. So spend your weekend at the Library (No, you can't spend the night.)

Rock Revolution Rock Band & DDR Tourney
Friday, October 3 6pm to 9pm
All ages

Smash Kart Round 2 with special face-off
Saturday, October 4 12pm-5pm
Grades 6-12

Pokemania PL2:Public Library Pokemon League
Sunday, October 5 1pm-5pm
All ages

YOU THINK YOU GOT GAME? BRING IT!

Leaderboard Get

Mon, 09/21/2009 - 4:25pm by ejk

A stripped-down version of the AADL-GT Leaderboard is up and running here, if you care to see it. Player pages don't work at the moment.

Enjoy.

September Gaming Weekend at The Pittsfield Branch

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:40am by dubaym

Back in School, with nothing to look forward to but June? Come to the Ann Arbor District Library's Pittsfield Branch for our September Gaming Weekend. This Month is Round Two of the Smash Kart Championship Series 2009. We also have Rock Revolution on Friday Night and PL2:Public Library Pokemon League on Sunday Afternoon. So spend your weekend at the Library (No, you can't spend the night.)

Rock Revolution Rock Band & DDR Tourney
Friday, September 11 6pm to 9pm

Smash Kart Round 2
Saturday, September 12 12pm-5pm

Pokemania PL2:Public Library Pokemon League
Sunday, September 13 1pm-5pm

YOU THINK, YOU GOT GAME? BRING IT!

Wed. Gaming Nights in August @ UMMA

Fri, 07/31/2009 - 1:55pm by dubaym

Hey, This month AADL will be bringing two of our most popular games to the University of Michigan's Museum of Art. Rock Band and DDR in a museum? That's right, UMMA has asked the library to take part in their "Evenings in the Commons" series, Every Wednesday Night This Month. Come join us at the museums new common room (The glass room with all the video game stuff) from 7pm-10pm and ROCK OUT! To get all the details read more.