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Iowa town seeks status as video gamers’ mecca (AP)


Ryan Miller, of Ottumwa, Iowa, plays a pinball game at a local video arcade, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ottumwa city officials announced in April plans to develop what they're calling the International Video Game Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – For a brief shining moment in the 1980s, Ottumwa was the unlikely hot spot of the fledgling video game industry as gamers around the globe flocked to this sleepy Iowa city and its video game arcade for a series of landmark tournaments.

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