Ottumwa, Iowa seeks status as video gamers' mecca

Monday, May 18, 2009

OTTUMWA, Iowa -- For a brief 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 tournaments.

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