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Trading Card Spotlight - Billy Joe Cain

Posted on August 25, 2023 | Trading Card Spotlight

By Todd Friedman

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Billy Joe Cain, who currently is displayed on card number 376, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Billy Joe is also on trading card #363 and trading card #2710. He has been playing video games since the 1970’s and became a Defender champion at the age of 14. Already a video game expert in the early 1990’s, he began his career as the lead designer on Origin Systems' Ultima 7: The Black Gate on SNES. Currently Billy’s new business is taking on the Virtual Reality world, designing an interactive story game that raises awareness of the psychological...

Trading Card Spotlight - Paul Monaghan

Posted on August 9, 2023 | Trading Card Spotlight

By Todd Friedman

THIS IS MY 300TH TRADING CARD SPOTLIGHT! Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Monaghan, displayed on card number 4277, from the Superstars of 2023. Co-founder of the Maximum Power Up podcast, which was started in 2015, Paul has had a pas...

Trading Card Spotlight "Rewind" - Roger Sharpe

Posted on July 18, 2023 | Trading Card Spotlight

By Todd Friedman

Now out on on HULU is the movie "Pinball - The Man Who Saved the Game". This movie tells the tale of pinball legend, Roger Sharpe. I highly recommend watching this to get a great history of the early pinball days. On July 19th, 2019, I had t...

Trading Card Spotlight - Brandi "Gamer" Ahmer

Posted on July 6, 2023 | Trading Card Spotlight

By Todd Friedman

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brandi Ahmer who is displayed on card number 4292, from the Superstars of 2023 Collection. Brandi “Gamer Ahmer” has a passion for all things nostalgia. With a massive collection of video games, gaming...

Trading Card Spotlight - Gary Katzer

Posted on June 29, 2023 | Trading Card Spotlight

By Todd Friedman

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Gary Katzer who currently is displayed on card number 4303, from the Superstars of 2023 Collection. Gary is a huge retro gaming enthusiast, with his own YouTube channel and retro gaming store. His store RoX...

Video Game Summit 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 | Events

By Todd Friedman

The Video Game Summit is back on in 2023! We are excited to announce that the VGS in McCook, IL will be bigger and better than before. Our new layout at the McCook MAX Sports Complex give room for more vendors, games, and tournaments. We wil...

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