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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday August 14, 2009 @06:19PM from the this-is-my-graceland dept.

eldavojohn writes "Anyone who's seen King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters knows that Ottumwa, Iowa is the Dodge City of video games. Yesterday, 3,500 people showed up to the kick-off speech that announced the intent to build the International Video Game Hall of Fame right there. Radio Free Iowa states Ottumwa's desire to become the 'video game capital of the world' and held a Halo 3 and Guitar Hero tournament there yesterday. Will this town of 25,000 residents secure the title?"

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I didn't know... (Score:5, Funny)

by NecroPuppy ( 222648 ) writes: on Friday August 14, 2009 @06:29PM (#29071875) Homepage

that Ottumwa, Iowa was a real place.
I thought it had been made up for MASH. You know, like Toledo, Ohio.

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