The Society of Anime, Gaming and Entertainment (SAGE) is hosting Game Wars, where students can play games on the latest gaming systems for free, on Feb. 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Don Taft University Center Pit.
Game Wars is a Ft. Lauderdale-based company that provides games and gaming systems for events. For the event, monitors will be set up in the UC Pit, and students can stop by any time throughout the event to play.
Shanelle Grizzle, senior biology major, is the event coordinator for SAGE, and said that the event is an alternative way for students to de-stress before midterms.
“It’s a really fun event because it brings the NSU community and friends together so they can play together and have a good time,” she said. “Also, since Game Wars is the Friday before midterms, it’ll let students relax before they have to crack down on studying for midterms.”
Jennifer Cecere, art major and member of SAGE, said that Game Wars is a chance for people who don’t have time to come to SAGE to be able to participate in their events.
“We’re meant to be a place where people can relax and don’t have to stress about school,” she explained.
Cecere, a gamer, said she is looking forward to seeing what new games and systems are out.
“Sometimes, you don’t have money to buy the games or a certain gaming system,” Cecere said. “Game Wars is fun because I get to play on a system I may never own.”
SAGE is a society that celebrates nerd culture, according to Grizzle.
“We watch anime, we read comics, we play video games,” she said. “We try to find other people who share the same interests that we do. You can come in with any weird or interesting things that you like, and, more than likely, you’ll find someone else who’s interested in the same things you’re interested in.”
Grizzle wants Game Wars to get more people interested in SAGE.
“We’re a small club, and we’re not that well-known,” she explained. “This event will get our name out there so people will know who we are. Hopefully, people who have been looking for a group like us will be able to find us.”
Grizzle hopes the event will showcase SAGE’s diversity and show that any stereotypes about gamers aren’t true.
“Our club is proof enough that there’s a wide range of people who can be considered gamers and nerds in general,” Cecere said. “We have people in SAGE who major in biology, criminal justice and art.”
SAGE is also planning a student café for later in the semester where members of the club will act as wait staff and serve food to students.
For more information about Game Wars and SAGE, contact Grizzle at sg1352@nova.edu, or visit sagensu.weebly.com.
