The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about video game-related events, activations and experiences in the latest Bookmark episode. Just anything that doesn’t only involve literally using a controller to play a game on a screen. Join us as we discuss some of these moments we’ve had the luck to participate in over our many, many years playing games.

Tune in next time to continue our current season about Cyberpunk 2077.

Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:00:01) - Intro and bookmark episode setup
• (00:01:02) - Halloween Horror Nights: Last of Us and Fallout houses
• (00:03:28) - Dreaming of a Dead Space haunted house
• (00:05:25) - BioShock as the dream haunted house
• (00:06:45) - Pikachu VW Bug at Ghirardelli Square, 1995
• (00:08:43) - Nintendo stores in New York and Kyoto
• (00:10:54) - Pokemon Center in Kyoto and Japan wishlist
• (00:12:57) - Pokemon trading card game history and play
• (00:14:09) - Pokemon Worlds in Anaheim and pop-up store
• (00:16:45) - Current decks and card collecting with nephew
• (00:17:34) - Japan-exclusive Pokemon card sets
• (00:19:19) - 30th anniversary card frenzy and scalpers
• (00:20:08) - Pokepark Kanto and Japan developer stores
• (00:21:28) - San Francisco's Metreon PlayStation store
• (00:23:40) - Retro gaming expos and conventions
• (00:25:34) - Meeting voice actors at conventions
• (00:28:37) - E3 and Game Awards missed opportunities
• (00:31:35) - Summer QA job at Electronic Arts
• (00:33:25) - Fighter jet and mech battle simulators
• (00:34:43) - Video game murals and statues in Mexico City
• (00:36:02) - Super Nintendo World experience at Universal
• (00:37:48) - Universal Studios land changes: Simpsons to Pokemon
• (00:38:55) - Missed opportunities: Tomb Raider escape room and concerts
• (00:41:15) - Closing thoughts and more missed pop-up events