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: ?????

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