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    Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch

    Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support

    Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame

    A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
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    Image of pax et agape pax et agape
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    Things like this make me proud to be an Iowan.
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    Image of Neostorm Neostorm
    08/14/09

    @pax et agape: Things like this confuse me as an Iowan. Why Ottumwa for the video game hall of fame? Is there a development studio or anything relevant there other then the hall of fame.
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    08/14/09

    @Neostorm: Twin Galaxies, the definitive Guiness for videogame records is based there, I think.
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    Image of _GABO_ _GABO_
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    Uh, Tom Vilsack is the former governor. Presently the governor is Chet Culver.
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    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    08/13/09

    @_GABO_: Will fix. Thanks for the corrective.
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    This has to be the first instance of someone voluntarily flying in from the U.K. to Iowa.

    On a side note, this is the first comment where I have clicked outside the box without having my comment go missing. I had heard that problem was fixed, but I had become superstitious.
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    Image of ForkInSocket ForkInSocket
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    I live in Iowa, and I don't even know where Ottumwa is.

    Granted, I haven't been here very long.

    In general, Iowa is known for 3 things: corn, pigs, and Ashton Kutcher.

    VIdeogames? No, not so much.
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    08/13/09

    @ForkInSocket: Riverside, Iowa is the future birthplace of James T. Kirk!
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    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    That was.... quick?
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    Image of pandafresh pandafresh
    08/13/09

    In reply to Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch
    lol, Iowa, but really this could be something cool...maybe
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    Image of AFcakey AFcakey
    08/13/09

    @pandafresh: To be honest though where would you say it should be?
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    08/13/09

    @AFcakey: San Fransisco
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    08/13/09

    @AFcakey: Canada
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    08/13/09

    @AFcakey: Queens,NY
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    08/13/09

    @AFcakey: Oklahoma. *cricket chirps*
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    08/13/09

    @AFcakey: Japan?
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    08/14/09

    @XavierHarkonnen: Hell no.
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    Image of Zero_Beat Zero_Beat
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    I'm surprised at how quickly my home state is becoming cool and awesome and all sorts of things that are good. Next we'll probably have our own holodeck.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    05/03/09

    @Zero_Beat: What else is going on with Iowa worth noting? I hate the elitist "fly over" state attitude, but I haven't exactly been reading great things about Iowa lately.
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    05/03/09

    @Kobun: The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. If only for the name.
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    Image of TheHeartless TheHeartless
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    That could bring some real revenue into their town. I know I'd like to go visit if there was a hall of fame.
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    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    Here's an idea: How about we situate the gaming capital of the world to a city anyone has ever HEARD of?
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    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    05/03/09

    @Eruanno: Did you even read the article?


    Really, of what value is this comment?

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    05/03/09

    @Owen Good: Set value of comment = ban imo, Owen!
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    05/03/09

    @Omnimon: Value is subjective.


    Although, in my subjective opinion, I didn't find value in it either. :P

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    05/03/09

    @Derek Rumpler: Oh, I was asking for the value of said post to be given an objective value, at least to the person that wrote it... :p
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    Image of Robee03 Robee03
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    Fuck these guys if you want to know why they should not be the gaming capital of the world watch "King of Kong". Not one person in that picture is worthy of any respect. I like the rest of you live for gaming, it is my life and I do not want Billy Mitchell or any of those other asses to have anything to do our hall of fame. Again if you want to know why I feel this way watch "King of Kong" not one of these guys truly care about gaming.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    05/03/09

    @Robee03: What have you done for the history of gaming today? Yesterday? Lifetime?


    You may not like them, but they're being positive and getting involved, instead of posting in the comments section of a blog, complaining about the people that are getting involved.


    I'm sure they can use volunteers, go get 'em, Rob-o!

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    Image of madog madog
    05/03/09

    @Robee03: Check the posts above to find a link to why that is merely a movie and not so much of a factual documentery.
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    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    i just know that whatever is in that museum is the same things we read in the videogame guiness world records
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    Image of Jotsy Jotsy
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    that guy in the suit is what i imagine the devil looks like in human form.... which is also quite similar to Crecente, and yes, you can have my soul.
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    Image of SigurdVolsung SigurdVolsung
    05/03/09

    @Jotsy: You're actually quite right. Billy Mitchell is indeed an evil evil man. Just try watching King of Kong and you'll think he's the biggest ass you've ever seen.
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    05/03/09

    @SigurdVolsung: You have heard that movie was highly edited in order to present a "story", right? And that Mitchell and Wiebe are actually friends?
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    05/03/09

    @Derek Rumpler:


    Mitchell and Wiebe are actually friends???? I don't believe that shit for a second.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    05/03/09

    @d_r_e: You have a tendency of accepting wholeheartedly the point of view first presented to you?
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    I hope they do get it. To be honest, I know nothing of this little town, save for the fact the article reminded me of its roots.


    And when it is built, I'll be sure to visit it. I'm sure many people will, because, aside from Japan, its virtually a Mecca to commemorate our hobby.

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    05/03/09

    @Derek Rumpler: Kudos for the positive post; I agree.
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    Image of MOP88 MOP88
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    Old dinosaurs worshiping a stone calf that is a by-gone era. These people act as if any of it mattered in our world today. Nothing to see here, folks.
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    Image of Twik63 Twik63
    05/03/09

    @MOP88: That is like saying history doesn't matter, if no one cared we would be having world wars every 50 years or so.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    05/03/09

    @MOP88: If you would take the time to read the article, as well as use some common sense, you would have the answer to your question.


    Instead of explaining that to you, I'll save my time and make it easy for you. You're posting on Kotaku.com, a news blog dedicated to video games. I assume that means you also play video games of some sort, and most likely on a PC/PS2/PS3/PSP/XBox/XBox360/Wii/GC/DS, etc.


    Without the history of video games, if those things didn't happen, you don't have your pretty little new console and pretty little games.


    Without the past, our world today does not exist as it does. That applies to video games, just as everything else.


    So regardless of whether you care to go to Ottumwa or not, or care to take the time to appreciate the history of gaming or not, you certainly do owe yourself and others a modicum of respect.


    And don't forget what they say about opinions.

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    Image of madog madog
    05/03/09

    @Twik63: Isnt the US involved in a major war every 20 years or so? Not of the "world" variety, but a war nonetheless.
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    Image of Endless Fighter Endless Fighter
    05/03/09

    In reply to Video Game Hall of Fame Gains Momentum, Support
    Iowa jokes aside, I can see this working.
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    05/03/09

    @Endless Fighter: I agree, and it's hardly saying that there can be only one museum dedicated to video games. If the city really makes this a quality exhibit, I can easily see people making the pilgrimage to see a running Halcyon, play The Last Starfighter, and other unique and noteworthy artifacts from the industry.
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