Hey everyone!

We have passed the halfway mark in the semester, and while it might be reading week for some, GamesSoc is still running as usual!

Here's what is happening in GamesSoc this week:

- Trad Gaming - Console Gaming - Retro Gaming Results - Game Development Meetup - HvZ - Eirtakon

- - Trad Gaming - - Trad gaming will be on as always on Monday and Wednesday in XG01. Monday we'll be running from 6pm to 10pm, while on Wednesday we'll be running from 5pm to 10pm. Come along and play all dem cardgames and boardgames and maybe even a game of Werewolves...

- - Console Gaming - - Console gaming will be on from 1pm to 6pm in XG16 on Wednesday of this week. Come along to play on our usual set of consoles, which will be set up as usual. We'll also be running a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 tournament! Sign-ups start at 1pm, and the tournament will start at 2pm. Two euro to join as always!

- - Retro Gaming Results - - Thanks a lot to everyone who came along last week and joined in with our tournaments, it was a great night all round! As a result of the tournaments we ran, we have some new trophies to give out as part of King of GamesSoc, as follows: Golden Axe Dual Mode: Robert McGrane Super Mario Bros 3 Battle Mode: Martin Nolan Pac-Man: Cormac Clare Mortal Kombat 3: Robert McGrane Well done guys, you all get a trophy! Unsuccessful this time? We'll have more opportunities, including our tournaments, for you to pick up trophies.

- - Game Development Meetup - - We'll be meeting up again this Tuesday in C124 from 6pm to 8pm to talk about the plans for this project! Feel free to drop in between these times to add your input.

- - Humans Vs Zombies - - Humans Vs Zombies will be returning to campus next week! Get your socks and nerf guns ready to fight the zombie plague. Signups for this year are currently open, and will be until the game starts. For our new members, Human Vs Zombies is a campus wide game that begins with some Original Zombies, who then infect humans. Zombies must feed, or they will starve, and humans must try to stay alive. The game is not limited to just GamesSoc members, so be sure to share with your friends! Sign up here: http://games.dcu.ie/hvz/view_game.php?id=3

- - Eirtakon - - Eirtakon will be returning to Croke Park this year from the 21st to the 23rd of November! Eirtakon is run by DCU's Anime and Manga Society annually. While the event focuses on anime and manga, there are also a number of gaming events run over the weekend. For anyone who is interested in attending, we should be able to reimburse some of you guys for the ticket cost, please email your interest in attending if you wish for us to do this. As well as this, Bank of Ireland on campus are running a competition to win tickets to Eirtakon this year, for anyone who has a student account with the bank! More information on the con here: http://www.eirtakon.com/events/gaming

That's all for this week! Tríona Barrow GamesSoc Secretary 2014/15