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    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 Jim Wade Jim Wade
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    As someone who lives an hour away from Ottumwa, kind of dumb.


    But they are doing it I would imagine because of what's his name living there. The guy who started Twin Galaxies.

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    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    04/29/09

    @Jim Wade: Yeah. That was mentioned in both this story and the one preceding it.
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    Image of noesmano noesmano
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    US maybe, go nuts, not the world.
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    04/29/09

    @noesmano: Uh, US invented videogames, we can say the world since its a worldwide phenomenon.
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    Image of oosiegewolfoo oosiegewolfoo
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    Now Iowa can have a travel video with the catchphrase. "Iowa, we actually have something for you to see now."
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    Image of Kuwabara Kazuo Kuwabara Kazuo
    04/29/09

    @oosiegewolfoo: Haha, right on!
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    Image of Fyrinn Fyrinn
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    Ah, the Midwest. You're adorable.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/29/09

    @Fyrinn: damn right! except for the morbidly obese, anyway. of which i am no longer a part!
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    Image of Zorantor Zorantor
    04/29/09

    @oosiegewolfoo: I like to think of IOWA as an acronym for Idiots Out Wandering Around.
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    Image of Paladin58 Paladin58
    04/29/09

    @Zorantor: Too bad our state is filled with wandering idiots, or I'd actually take offense to that.
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    Image of thatoneguy42 thatoneguy42
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    miiiiiitchEEEEELLL!!!!!!!
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/29/09

    @thatoneguy42: Mittens?
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    Image of ps360blows ps360blows
    04/29/09

    In reply to Iowa Town to Announce Plans for Game Hall of Fame
    Hold onto your seats kids! We're going to the VIDEO GAME CAPITAL OF THE WORLD... in Iowa.
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    04/29/09

    @ps360blows:


    I live in Minnesota, so checking out the Game Hall of Fame in Iowa won't require expensive plane tickets or a 3 day drive, so I'm all for it. California has E3, Washington has PAX, but we have ... "the game hall of fame!" And by "we" I mean the neighboring state of Iowa.

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    Really nice article, Owen. The business plan is definitely difficult, and there are many questions that need to be answered, but it would be cool for there to be a Hall of Fame.


    One question... could a video game Hall of Fame exist as a digital entity and not as a physical entity?

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    Image of karl_hungus karl_hungus
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    i admire their passion for it, but it just doesnt sound like a sustainable business. i live in minnesota, and i might possibly head down there once to check it out, if i thought it was worth it.


    realistically, there really isnt much of anything else in iowa for a tourist to do (to my knowledge). if they ever got that whole "dead guys playing baseball" thing off the ground, and put them in the same town, i think they could pull it off.


    if you build a zombie baseball field, they will come..."

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    04/06/09

    @karl_hungus: The Field of Dreams is well beyond 'off the ground', I've even played a game of softball on the diamond.


    [en.wikipedia.org])

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    Image of rainofwalrus rainofwalrus
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    that is seriously one amazing photo.
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    Image of karl_hungus karl_hungus
    04/06/09

    @rainofwalrus: can anyone find a bigger version of it....i really want to see the details.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/06/09

    @karl_hungus: "details" being very poor code.
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    Image of Poul Wrist Poul Wrist
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    There's a documentary movie about pretty much this thing, it's called "The King of Kong" and documents a rivalry in Donkey Kong highschores in modern day, with Walter Day being a kind of "overlord" of the modern classic videogames community, and the crux of the matter in the movie being one new guy challenging the highschore in Donkey Kong that has previously been held by a guy who was famous in the 80's for this kind of thing.

    It goes on to interview Day about his organisation, talk about classic videogame culture and so on. I suggest you see it if you find this article interesting :)
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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    04/06/09

    @Poul Wrist: Very very entertaining movie.


    Curse you Billy Mitchell! ;)

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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    road trip!


    oh man, if only i were passing through here for the PAX cross country trip.. it would seem only fitting. alas, i get to go through the Dakotas instead.

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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    04/06/09

    @geekgrrl:

    Oh, I'm sorry. I was born in South Dakota. Just try not to blink or else you'll miss it.
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    Image of PatMan33 PatMan33
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    It should be in Philadelphia or something so I can go visit it. I'm not going out to the middle of nowhere to see the video game hall of fame (which we all know will be mediocre wherever it's placed anyway).
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    Image of QualityJeverage QualityJeverage
    04/06/09

    @PatMan33: And the 2009 Buzzkill award goes to...
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    Image of Slust Slust
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    I'm so glad to be out of the 80s.
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    Image of duckyofalarcon duckyofalarcon
    04/06/09

    @Slust: I went to some clubs this weekend and trust me the 80's are back sadly.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    04/06/09

    @duckyofalarcon: The 80's were fucking awesome. Every good cartoon, video game, TV show, song and movie was born, lived or died in the 80's.
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    Image of 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad
    04/06/09

    @KillerBee: I don't buy it. It's cool and hip to like the 80's, because it's ironic, and irony is cool because it means you are so unaffected and indifferent to something that is terrible you choose to celebrate it instead of disparaging it. Or maybe it's cool and ironic to hate on people who like the 80's because it's ironic, and I'm just catering to an infinite hate cycle of irony. my head asplodes.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    04/06/09

    @3inst3in is all up in your relativistics.: I was 8 years old when the 80's started. I lived it. Every awesome childhood/teenage memory I have is of the 80's. My love of all things 80's isn't an attempt at being cool or ironic.


    I lost my virginity in the 80s, learned to drive in the 80s, got drunk for the first time in the 80s, somed weed for the first time in the 80s. That was my youth. When I got home from school, I got new episodes of Thundercats, M.A.S.K., GI Joe, Transformers and Dukes of Hazard. I still remember the first day MTV went on the air. I watched it on TV as it happened. It was awesome.


    Now, for anyone under age 19 that is an 80s lover, they are trying way too hard to be cool. I'll give you that.

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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    04/06/09

    @KillerBee: I'm going to side with you on this.


    Personally, I think it'd suck to have grown up in present day in contrast.


    Political Correct Agenda on pop culture and media, plus pacifist parenting in modern era = fail in modern society. (That, and today's Saturday Morning/Early Morning/Afterschool cartoons suck these days.)


    Voltron, ThunderCats, SilverHawks, GI Joe, Transformers, Supercade, (and others) FTMFW!!!

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    Image of 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad
    04/06/09

    In reply to A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
    Nice article! Thanks
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    04/06/09

    @3inst3in is all up in your relativistics.:


    You read all of that in 5 minutes?

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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    12/31/08

    In reply to The King of Stampede
    Great job.


    Though, it leaves me nostalgic for my youth. I played some mean Stampede, back in the day.


    *Goes digging around for 2600*

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