London Met Tournament a Success
18th November 2008
On Saturday 25 October London Metropolitan University hosted the first Grl Gmr Tournament in London as part of the London Games Festival Fringe. The event was organised by Fiona French, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of the BSc Computer Games degree and by GameLab London.
The unique tournament was held at London Met’s Rocket complex on Holloway Road and attracted a large crowd of gamers, prospective students, journalists and staff.
The event aimed to encourage female gamers to consider applying for Computer Games and Game Studies courses as well as celebrating the contribution that female gamers can make to the industry. Contestants battled it out playing five different, challenging games: Wii Tennis, Tekken, Unreal Tournament, Kuri Kuri Mix and Mario Kart. Five winners were named and the overall champion, Andy Balogh was then crowned.
Fiona French said: ‘Our degrees offer a vibrant and welcoming environment to women. This was a way to wave the flag. Typically tournaments are male-dominated. So why not have a girl gaming tournament?’