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Trading Card Spotlight - Joe Dearman

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joe Dearman who is displayed on card number 3954, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  Joe has been playing video games since the 1970’s. He has seen the industry from the beginning to now. Defender is the game that really captivated his interest in the gaming world. He decided to go for a world record on the game in 1982. In one of the attempts he acquired the record by playing over 26 hours on one credit. He broke his own record score sometime later with a score of 26 million points.  Joe is also very competitive at Asteroids, Tempest...

Trading Card Spotlight - Tony Hawk

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Hawk who currently is displayed on card number 3522, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  There is no talk about skateboarding without mentioning the name Tony Hawk. His popularity in skateboa...

Trading Card Spotlight - Owen Rubin

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Owen Rubin, who currently is displayed on card number 315, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Owen was one of the first programmers hired by Atari in 1976. He designed games for Atari for almost ...

Video Game Summit 2021

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By Todd Friedman
The Video Game Summit is back on in 2021! We are excited to announce that the VGS in Villa Park, IL will be bigger and better than before.  Our new layout at the Odeum give room for more vendors, games, and tournaments. We will have arades, c...

Trading Card Spotlight - Josh Tsui

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Josh Tsui who currently is displayed on card number 3447, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Josh spent over two decades working in video game development on key franchises such as Mortal Kombat,...

Trading Card Spotlight - Mike Mertes

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Mertes who is displayed on card number 3482, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced something in...
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