Video Game Collector #10 - Win a Dinner with Nolan Bushnell

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 24, 2008 -
Win a Private Dinner with Nolan Bushnell in Issue #10!
Issue features Bill “The Game Doctor” Kunkle as guest editor, U.S. Atari 2600 photo checklist

ST. CHARLES, MO – JUNE 23, 2008 –  Video Game Collector Magazine has officially announced it will be offering the opportunity of a lifetime for one lucky Atari and video gaming fan: A private dinner with Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell (not his “stunt double” Leonardo DiCaprio) at his newest restaurant in California – uWink – with hotel and airfare included in the package.

uWink takes interactive restaurants one step further with point-of-sale order directly at the table, touch-screen tables featuring games, short videos and movie trailers along with a wide variety of food choices and one winner from our newest contest will be able to experience the innovation first-hand.  Winning the opportunity couldn’t be easier as all interested parties have to do is check out contest details in either Video Game Collector Magazine Issue #10, shipping Monday, June 30, or on www.vgcollector.com shortly after the release of the magazine.

Readers will also be pleased to know Video Game Collector Issue #10 will the biggest issue in the publication’s history with 80 pages of classic goodness and new editors bringing in a wide span of expertise to the magazine:  Bill "The Game Doctor" Kunkel (www.j2games.com) serves as guest editor for the issue, Aaron Auzins (http://gemubaka.blogspot.com) comes aboard as assistant editor and Joe Santulli of Digital Press (www.digitpress.com) joins VGC Magazine as price guide editor.

Issue #10 also features a number of exclusive interviews including with the extremely talented video game soundtrack composer Tommy Tallarico and legendary game designer David Perry along with current Internet celebrity The Angry Video Game Nerd.  The issue also features more classic game reviews than ever before, spanning a wide array of consoles and providing honest opinions on some of gaming’s most collectible titles.  Finally, as always, Issue #10 comes packed with a completely updated price guide and checklist featuring new price listings on classic games and every single retail release up to our editorial deadline for current systems.  More people have worked on the listings than ever before to bring readers a guide as accurate as VGC can possibly make it.

The issue will ship in limited quantities starting Monday, June 30 and will make special debuts at the Wizard World comic/culture event in Chicago (June 26-29, www.wizardworld.com), as well as at the Digital Press Store in Clifton, N.J., on Saturday, June 28 during the Triple Threat Starcade featuring The Angry Video Game Nerd, PBC Products and Digital Press (2-10 p.m. EST, Digital Press, 387 Piaget Ave., Clifton, N.J., 07011 - see the event forum thread at www.digitpress.com for details).  As stated earlier, aside from our subscribers and orders, the magazine will only be available in limited quantities and VGC anticipating the issue will sell out fast. Anyone can visit www.vgcollector.com to subscribe and renew subscriptions and, of course, once shipped, those interested will be able to purchase the issue directly from the site or a number of online and brick-and-mortar retail locations.

For full details on Issue #10, visit http://www.myspace.com/vgcmagazine now or  www.vgcollector.com on Monday, June 30.