Midwest Gaming Classic
@MgcShow
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We're the largest independent all-encompassing gaming show that we know of, April 4-6th, 2025! Get tickets:
Milwaukee, WI
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Thank you to everyone for making the 2023 Midwest Gaming Classic successful! We could not have done this without our sponsors, guests, staff, vendors, arcade advocates, and most important of all, EVERYONE that bought a ticket to the event! THANK YOU! Bring on 2024!
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Welll. that was one heck of a show! I guess we'll do it again NEXT YEAR!
VIG, Friday Preview Night, 2-day and 3-day tickets available NOW!
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It's MGC WEEK! You know what that means?! Yup! 16 hours days for all of us at the office! ;)
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Mark your calendars, the Midwest Gaming Classic returns to the Wisconsin Center April 5-7, 2024! We are already working on big things for next year and can't wait to start sharing it with all of you! You can buy your tickets now by going to
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25 Days of Gaming - Day 3:
John Riggs is returning once again to the Baird Center April 5-7, 2024! We are excited to have him back! Check him out on YouTube and watch some open cart surgery or his retro recommendations!
@johnblueriggs
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What?! You missed the MGC Show Exclusive Edition games this year?!
Well, lucky for you,
@JJGamesCom
now has them for sale along with last year's games!
Goomba says, "Come Get Some!"
All Beastballs are signed by Steve "Tower" Henneberry
Won't last long!
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Friday, March 31st MECHANICAL LIFE VEIN returns, bringing their unique brand of experimental video game rock to the Midwest Gaming Classic. The band takes on the entirety of the 1994 classic, SUPER METROID alongside LIVE video! DO NOT miss this NEVER BEFORE SEEN sci-fi SPECTACLE!
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Ok, this is GINORMOUS! ;)
Next weekend, Raw Thrills is going BIG! Get a chance to play their brand new GODZILLA: KAIJU WARS VR at the Baird Center April 5-7 as part of the Midwest Gaming Classic!
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Oooooh, this is very exciting!!! We can’t wait!! 😁😁😁
Copies of Crabbie Attack for the NES are all packed and ready for the game's launch at Midwest Gaming Classic. We still have more announcements for fun stuff at that show so stay tuned!
#nesdev
#retrogaming
@MgcShow
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It's the 2024 Midwest Gaming Classic official show poster! This year's poster is designed by artist Brian Allen of , and is his unique take on the show! You can get one (and get it signed by Brian at the show!) by pre-ordering it at
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Did you miss where to get the Show Exclusive games now that MGC is over this year? Check out
@JJGamesCom
in the MGC Show Exclusive category (a whole category just for us?!)
Don't pay 100x on eBay when you can get right from us!
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The Saturday stage lineup is here! Plus, we have a new Tabletop Stage with
@meeplesandwine
, Charles D. Moisant,
@RollForSandwich
, Viva la Dungeon! from
@TheLichingHour
, Dan Houser, and Ampersand Theater Co.
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The Super Guitar Bros are coming to the Wisconsin Center for the First Time Ever! Sam and Steve combine their love of video game music with their passion for acoustic/classical guitar to bring you a one of a kind musical experience. Always super! Get your tickets now!
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More awesome
@CBS58
coverage via
@MikeCurkov
No Dan this time, but a split seccond of
@ChristophorRick
on a pinball machine and friends at Happy Dough Lucky and 3rd Street Market Hall!
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Seth "Tigerchainsaw" Newman is coming back to the Baird Center April 5-7! TigerChainsaw is host of the Bonus Stage at the Midwest Gaming Classic. He's a lover of physical video game collections, and loves to produce retrospectives, interviews, and countdowns on YouTube.
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Leave with an epic gaming tattoo! Cassie Mareno will be on hand as our first ever official MGC tattoo artist! Cassie does award winning work, and we're lucky to have her! Make sure to book your time early, you can find Cassie in our Featured Artist Alley!
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We can’t wait to have
@johnblueriggs
join us at this years MGC!
Will be in New York twice this year, Midwest a couple times, Florida and more. Gonna be a fun convention season for me starting next month.
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The American Pinball Main Stage schedule is complete!
Check out the great lineup of music acts we'll have at MGC 24 including
@LaceyJMusic
@Gunderslam
@ChrisGraue
@theologymusic
I probably missed a bunch as it's hard to find people on here at times ;)
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The Event Map and Guide is up! Hooray!
Go check out all the awesome stuff! We'll be tweaking it and adding the final stuff to it over the next few days!
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Did you know the Midwest Gaming Classic hosts hands-on workshops each year for guests to learn, build or update their gaming experience right before the show? You can check them out at the link and learn how to sign up!
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@LaceyJMusic
is coming to the Wisconsin Center for the first time ever and performing on the American Pinball Main Stage! Lacey’s style has best been described as “Nerdy with a twist of pop punk,” “Bursting with energy”! Check her out now!
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Dan was on the Local news today! Check out this quick
@CBS58
segment with
@MikeCurkov
as part of the CBS 58 Hometowns: Arcades series and we'll feature some friends at 5 and 10pm as well!
10 DAYS UNTIL PREVIEW NIGHT!!
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The annual Byte-Off Awards will take place live at this year's Midwest Gaming Classic the weekend of April 5th. Be a part of this incredible experience and participate! Go to and get your tickets at
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Join us Friday April 5th at 8pm to talk about retro streaming on Twitch. This will be a part of MGC Preview Night! Join partnered streamer
@Bizsnes
and get to know some of the other streamers in the Midwest community. Youtubers and podcasters also welcome!
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The World of Nintendo Exhibit is coming back to MGC! Travel back to when stores were transformed into immersive experiences. With this exhibit, you’ll have the rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of what a World of Nintendo store was like in the 1990s.
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We can’t wait to have you!!
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Patman QC is coming to the Baird Center April 6-7, 2024! Patrick Patman QC Davis is a lifelong videogame fan. He has been around pinball and arcade machines all of his life. He has also been collecting video games from the Atari 2600 to the Xbox one with everything in between
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Coming to the Baird Center for the 1st Time Ever April 5-7 from is Greg Smith (Barry Burton) and Charlie Kraslavsky (Chris Redfield) from the original Resident Evil! At least we're safe if there's a "zombie" outbreak!
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The Saber Legion joins us April 5-7! United through sabers, the Saber Legion is the world's largest LED saber combat organization! Stop by the combat arena, witness some awesome battles, learn about what the Saber Legion is, & maybe pick up your own saber so you can join the fun!
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Here are the schedules for Sunday April 7th at the Midwest Gaming Classic! You can get more details about each individual event by going to ! Make sure you grab your tickets online by Thursday or you'll have to queue up!
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Ninja Eclipse is emerging from the shadows to appear at the Baird Center April 5-7! Play this new game from Turner Pinball at the MGC before it disappears into a poof of smoke! Tickets are also going up in smoke so get yours today!
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Celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Virtual Boy by joining us April 5-7 at the Baird Center, where we'll have a complete US Virtual Boy collection, many of the Japanese boxed games and boxed homebrew titles. Additionally, check out promotional material for the console!
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25 Days of Gaming - Day 4:
Guys Games and Beer returns to the Midwest Gaming Classic at the Baird Center! The fun-loving Guys, Games and Beer podcast is an amazing group of guys and gals that get together to discuss games and beer!
Come see them and so much more April 5-7, 2024
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We want to wish all of you a safe and Happy Holiday! We could not do this show without each and every one of you!
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Jacob Pauwel aka
@RollForSandwich
! The series that helps fate decide his lunch on TikTok! Even with chaotic evil ingredients like chocolate syrup in the mix, he lets the DND dice decide his fate and it’s riveting.
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The Midwest Gaming Classic website has been updated and some of the guests for 2023 have been posted!
We can't wait to share even more things that are going to be happening in 2023! If you haven't yet get your tickets to next years MGC by going to !
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We're excited to welcome Tilt Amusements back to the MGC for the 14th time on April 5-7! Troy has been one of our longest supporters, and he brings some amazing games with him! If you're looking to pick up a game, he's a great option!
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Coming to MGC and want something special? Our VIG package includes an exclusive NES game only available to the VIG ticket holders! This year's game is Joe Sherman's Crabbie Attack, a unique spin on an arcade shooter... with an exclusive MGC mode
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Ian McCranor played Angus in Kasumi Ninja for the Atari Jaguar, and he's headed to our Official After Party April 6th. Need more info? head to our FB page! ;) Or just chalk it up to another quirky Jaguar thing (hey, our show started as JagFest 2001, OK?)
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The Taste of MGC is back!
@jerseymikes
is officially coming back to the Midwest Gaming Classic April 5-7! Come hungry to the MGC Showcase as they will be there during the opening ceremonies and all weekend! We are excited to have them back at the show!
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The Garcade is coming back to the Baird Center April 5-7, 2024! Gar and Tim of The Garcade are bringing a bunch of games, music and friendly competition! They are also hosting a party on Friday night during preview night at the show! We are excited to have them back!
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Brian Koenig is returning to MGC, 2024! Brian has been creating his own arrangements of guitar-based VGM for years! You can see him perform live on the American Pinball Mainstage at this year's show!
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Gunderslam returns! Heavy metal video game cover act Gunderslam is a multi-metal subgenre instrumental guitarist and producer that takes your favorite video game songs and makes them METAL AF! On Youtube since 2015, featuring Dave Norman on drums!
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MORTAL KOMBAT! John Parrish also know as JAX is coming back! John is the Northern Kung Fu expert who portrayed Jax in Mortal Kombat 2-4, Trilogy, Advance, & Ultimate He now runs two companies in the Chicago area including an IT consulting company and a fitness company.
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Brian Colin is coming back to the Baird Center April 5-7! Creator of such video game classics as Rampage, Xenophobe and General Chaos, Brian F Colin is a vastly experienced Game Designer, Artist, Animator & CEO with over 80 video game titles to his credit
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Coury Carlson and Marc Duddleson from My Life in Gaming are coming back to the Baird Center April 5-7! My Life in Gaming has gone on to showcase unique retro games, interview industry figures, and more.
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Want to check out one of the largest setups of Capcom’s Steel Battalion controllers on the original Xbox in the world? Play Steel Battalion the way it was meant to be played on a full networked 10 rig setup. ONLY in the
@GuysGamesBeer
room, at MGC 24!
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Are you going stir crazy waiting for the Midwest Gaming Classic to happen in the next few weeks? Listen to the Midwest Gaming Classic Podcast hosted by Jason Gares! Available some places you get your other podcasts! ;)
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We are counting down the days until the 2023 MGC! What or who are you excited to see?! If you haven’t yet, grab your tickets now. We will see you March 31st-April 2nd!
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Inconceivable! We're excited to welcome
@Multimorphic
, to the Baird Center April 5-7 with their new Princess Bride machine! You've never seen pinball like this, as a huge section of the playfield is a reactive screen! It's... As you wish!
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TASBot plays games perfectly to raise money for charity, raising more than $1.3M so far! TASBot plays back Tool-Assisted Speedruns and along with his ambassdor TiKevin83, they'll teach you how to create Tool-Assisted Speedruns, and execute verified live records all weekend at MGC
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Showing up in Milwaukee early Friday? We've got some really great workshops happening before the show even opens Friday!
Replace your Joy Con sticks, upgrade your GBA or GBA SP, learn to be a power author or build a gamebadge!
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Oh Dan... We're excited to welcome this class 5 free-roaming vapor to the Baird Center April 5-7! The negotiation was a real nasty one, but we convinced him by letting him hang out with Dankey Kang during the day, and have all the boos he wanted at our Official After Party Sat.
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Emmy Award winner Phil Moore is coming back to the Baird Center April 5-7! Phil has hosted several shows but is most known as the energetic host of Nickelodeon’s “Nick Arcade” and “You’re On”. You can get your tickets to the show by going to
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Arda Öcal is coming back to MGC April 5-6th! Meet Arda Öcal Friday and Saturday at the Midwest Gaming Classic! Arda is a television personality and announcer who has worked for the WWE (under the stage name Kyle Edwards) and currently works for MSG Networks and ESPN!
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It's true, the one and only John Hancock returns to MGC! As one of the original organizers of the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, John went on to establish a YouTube channel where he uploads weekly content that covers everything from Atari to Xbox.
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On Saturday April 6th make sure you check out the Cosplay Championship! Come see one of the most fun Cosplay contests around 7pm on the American Pinball Main Stage! With prizes for the best male, female, and group costumes. Entry for main categories is free.
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Coming to MGC '24 and performing... Lo(u)ser is the ska/punk/chiptune solo project of
@ChrisGraue
best known for his work as music video director for bands such as NOFX, Reel Big Fish, Frank Turner, Goldfinger... (too much to list here!)
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@OrebodyUniverse
@johnvanderhoef
@0000jordan
@MWarrenLee
@midwestgamesco
Was it at the show? I (Christophor) rarely have time to check anything out on my 150 mile walk while I put out every fire that comes my way.
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See Bill Rogers at MGC 24, he's best known for his roles in “Pokemon” (Brock + over 64 creatures), “HunterXHunter” (Majitani, Meleoron and Monta), “Transformers: War for Cybertron” (Wheeljack), “Demon Slayer” (Muscle Mouse), “Zom 100” (Naoki Atenbo), and numerous other roles.
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MORTAL KOMBAT! Daniel Pesina, the original screen-captured actor who played Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Reptile, Noob Saibot and Smoke in Mortal Kombat and MKII will be returning to MGC! It's going to be TOASTY!! Get your tickets now by heading to
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Edward Bosco's first professional voice over was the voice for Eddie in the Xbox Live Arcade game Sequence. Since then he's been in a number of TV shows like Ed in Street Fighter. Others gigs include Chipp in Guilty Gear Xrd Sign and Strive, Kan-Ra and Gargos in Killer Instinct.
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@thestickyeye
@DigitalEclipse
Dan doesn't have time to read any of this.
@ChristophorRick
runs this for the show ;) I'll let him know the uncomfortably long hugs are coming hahaha
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We're planning something real special for the upcoming anniversary so dig out your old MGC photos, badges and whatever... we'll be wanting to see them ;)
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Think you can climb like Nathan Drake in Uncharted? Find out when ADVENTURE ROCK joins us April 5-7 at the Baird Center! They’ll be bringing one of their portable climbing walls, and you can climb two sides for a small price! Can’t wait to climb? Visit
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We can’t wait to have you!
Reminder that I’ll be attending
@MgcShow
this weekend in Wisconsin! No booth or anything, just taking in the show for the first time and generally hangin’ out.
Hope to see some of y’all there!
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April 5-7 Artist Alley will be our biggest ever! We're excited to say the first artist we ever featured, Archie Cunningham, will be back once again! If it wasn't for him reaching out, I don't know if Artist Alley would look anything like it does today!
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Did you know that 20 years ago today that
#GTA
Vice City was released for the
#PlayStation
2?! What is your favorite GTA game?
@RockstarGames
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We're excited to debut the long-lost Sega Genesis game BEASTBALL at MGC '24 with this exclusive "Gladiator Edition!" Officially endorsed and signed by Steve "Tower" Henneberry of American Gladiators fame. Limited to 200. Includes individually numbered enamel coin. Pre-order today
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Fight for the coveted Cosmolympian title as you battle against other Cosmonaughts in the COSMOLYMPICS at the Baird Center April 5-7. The reigning Cosmonaught, then to be deemed 2024 Cosmolympian will be rewarded for their battle prowess and conquered territories.
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@OrebodyUniverse
@johnvanderhoef
@0000jordan
@MWarrenLee
@midwestgamesco
Someone needs to track me
@ChristophorRick
down at the show and drag me to wherever it is ;)
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@brandenjohnson
Aw shucks we just herd cats and mitigate the utter chaos so it all fits in a building ;)
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Welcome
@ChristopherSean
back to the show. He’s done some amazing work including Gotham Knights, Star Wars Resistance, and the lead role in the upcoming Netflix Movie Ultraman Rising!
Any ticket gets you FREE access to meet, take pictures, and get autographs with all our guests!
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@LaceyJMusic
we can’t wait to have you perform at our show!
📣 PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
MILWAUKEE! I am delighted to be heading your way to perform at the
@MgcShow
on Saturday April 1st (no foolin) and Sunday April 2nd!! If you're in the area, please come by because the lineup for Mainstage is WILD
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Wisconsin Native Steve “TOWER” Henneberry of American Gladiators fame will be at MGC 2024! In 1989, he won the Mr. America title, and became the iconic TOWER in American Gladiators. Dare you Joust with Tower at MGC?!
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Get ready for a blast at the Baird Center April 5-7 with Uptown Society! They’re bringing the vibes and curating an awesome photobooth experience. Swing by, snap some pics, and discover the cool stuff they’re up to in Milwaukee! 📷Check today!
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The fastest way to get into MGC is to pre-order your tickets and skip the long cash/credit line day of the show! Head to to grab your tickets today. While you're there, check out this year's awesome pre-order only shirts and hoodies and the new poster!
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Here it is! Now, you can WELCOME people TO THE NEXT LEVEL! Order yours now for pick up April 5-7 at the Baird Center in Milwaukee!
(And if you got a merchandise voucher from ordering your ticket early, this is one of the options to use it on!)
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The 2024 MGC VIG After Party ends with Pinball designer Scott Danesi! Scott's creative design for Total Nuclear Annihilation Pinball was a completely fresh take on modern pinball design, and he's a great DJ as well! Tickets sell out fast, get yours today!
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Free Geek Twin Cities are coming to MGC 24! They are an electronics recycling/refurbishing center located in Minneapolis. Thanks to the donations they receive, they can get computers into the hands of their community’s financially needy and help bridge the digital divide.
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@DrMChampionship
@killngjar23
Drop an email via the contact form at the bottom of the main page and it will get to the exact person you need to speak with :)
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