PAX 2009 Omegathon events and contenders revealed

At last, the terror-inducing gauntlet of games that participants in this year's Omegathon must navigate has been revealed by a recent press release. Listed below are the six rounds that will serve as the unforgiving battlegrounds for twenty contestants (who are named after the break) -- we can't wait to see how tournament-style Bookworm Adventures will play out.

Blood will be shed, boys will become men, girls will likewise become women -- and only one will triumph with tickets to this year's Tokyo Game Show (and $5,000 in walkin' around money) clutched in their victorious paw.

• Round 1: Mario Kart Wii

• Round 2: Bookworm Adventures

• Round 3: Halo 3: ODST

• Round 4: Unnamed rhythm game (DJ Hero or The Beatles: Rock Band, perhaps?)
  

• Round 5: Connect Four

• Final Round: ?????

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Omegathon 2009 Participants

• Darin Blanchard

• Noah Callaway

• Matt Carmack

• Thaddaeus Engelmann

• Jackson Foster

• Alejandra Garcia

• Grace Hoang

• Mary Jacobson

• Rachel Kraft

• Ken Lindas

• David Medwid

• Daniel Merritt

• Eric Moran
  

• Sean Morris

• Mark Petcavage

• Alexander Rakoczy

• Ryan Taylor

• Neal Torres

• Hans Wuerflein

• Isha Zubeidi