Students blow off some steam at Warriner Mall
Davison senior Jacob McCarthy said this year’s Gentle Friday festivities at Warriner Mall were to his liking.
He won a bag full of prizes after defeating several other competitors in the Halo 2 tournament, part of the 2006 Game Live U College Tour on Xbox 360.
“It was really cool,” McCarthy said. “It had free Mountain Dew and free video games to play.”
McCarthy said he liked this year’s Gentle Friday overall.
“Exams aren’t until Monday at the earliest,” he said. “So it’s good to blow some steam off. They’ve got a bunch of free things here.”
The interactive video game exhibition was the main attraction for this year’s Gentle Friday event, put on by Program Board. It featured several of the latest games for Xbox 360, Xbox and PC.
A Mountain Dew bar also was available, but it quickly ran out of beverages after it opened.
Byron freshman Tony Davis said he went to the event after hearing about it from his friends.
“It’s interesting,” he said. “The war games here seem real. They’re really intense-looking.”
Other popular games included “Fight Night: Round 3,” “Top Spin 2,” “America’s Army” and “Kameo: Elements of Power.”
Thanks in part to the sunny weather, there were plenty of other activities outside of the Game Live tent.
Those events included roulette, blackjack and poker to go along with this year’s Las Vegas theme. Another attraction was the inflatable roulette table, where each person was the game’s ball.
Battle Creek junior Zhi Lu said the roulette table caught her eye this year.
“There’s a lot of people out this year,” she said. “There are more people than last year. It’s really nice.”
Local bands, including Aphorism, played for students on a stage set near Warriner Hall. Game Live sponsored a performance by Val Emmich + The Rescue Effort, an alternative band from New Jersey.
Several CMU organizations, such as On The Fly Productions and Voices of Planned Parenthood, also had tables displayed.
