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It's been a few months coming, but here is the long chat transcript from the Steve Wiebe (King of Kong) chat in April. It was an amazing turnout, and next year we'll have to do another talk with Steve in the newer chat module. Here is the Steve Wiebe announcement post.

Steve was a really nice guy and was patient as we had a lot of members that wanted to gre… Continue

As always, the live chat with a former Atari employee was a ton of fun. This is truly a great opportunity for collectors to meet the creators of their favorite games and ask them the questions they've always wanted to know. Rusty's chat was great because he so generously elaborated and a lot of cool information came out. Here is the 'original' transcript from the chat below. If you would like to see the 'nice' version o… Continue

Any immersed arcade game collector can tell you about Peter Hirschberg. Peter built a massive arcade, arguably one of the best in existence on his property in Linden, VA. Peter has taken tremendous amounts of time and cost to put on open 'Game Day's', where he opens up his arcade for the public to visit and rejuvenate their love of playing classic arcade games.

This year's Game Day took place on April 25th, and again Peter was donating the proceeds from the event to a close friend who was suffe… Continue

First we had King of Kong, a story that was built around the players who hold the best Donkey Kong scores in the world. The success of this against all odds story spawned enough interest to fuel another documentary named 'Chasing Ghosts', a 'where are they now' movie about every video game champion from the 80's who was on this Life magainze cover.

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Granted these are over a week old now, so if you were following either the Quantum or Environmental Discs of Tron on eBay this will be old news....

Quantum, item number 160327028839 sold by profile 'dogfacedgods' (The same guy who just sold that Tom McClinktock Quantum control panel overlay reproduction for $146.01) ended up with a winning bid of $2,234.00 out in Los Angeles, CA.

Here is a screenshot from the auction and some photos;… Continue