Trading Card Spotlight

Trading Card Spotlight - Donn Nauert

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Donn Nauert, who is displayed on card number 502, from the Circus Card Collection of 2013. Donn is one of the Golden Age Gamers from the early 1980’s. He was featured in an Atari 7800 commercial and won a 1987 “North American Challenge” tournament. In 1985 Donn entered a North American Video Game Challenge while playing Cheyenne. Later in his career produced the “WCW vs. NWO” game for the PlayStation and the N64. Donn is the third person inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and worked as a magazine editor for EGM Magazine. Do you remember when ...

Trading Card Spotlight "Rewind" - Jesse Porter

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By Todd Friedman
This week we look back at an interview I did with Jesse Porter on February 24th, 2017. Jesse is a supurb console video game player and has over 300 world records with Twin Galaxies. Jesse’s trading card was presented in March in Banning, CA where ...

Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day – April 8, 2023

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By Todd Friedman
History of Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day Original trade cards were used to stiffen the packaging of cigarettes, and they were advertising cards. In the 1860s, baseball cards were printed and usually sold in packets of candy or other tobacco pro...

Trading Card Spotlight "Rewind" - Richard Booth

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By Todd Friedman
Here is an interview I did with Richard Booth on June 23rd, 2017.  Richard gave a in-depth look at his gaming career and history. HI sfavorite game Tetris has given him ways to shoot for world records and has given a lot of hos time to Twin G...

Trading Card Spotlight - Blake Reinke

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By Todd Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Blake Reinke, who is displayed on card number 3344, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Blake is a competitive gamer from Wisconsin that always like to challenge himself and try to break world rec...
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