Joseph Yamine
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Star City Games & Comics tournament flyer, February 2001
Item
Identifier: EVENTS-MAGFEST-01.02
Abstract
This is a flyer for a video game tournament held at Star City Comics & Games in Roanoke, VA. These tournaments were run by members of the Roanoke-based anime fan group RoAnime Club. Joseph Yamine, the founder of MAGFest, was a member of RoAnime Club and helped run these tournaments; he credits them for inspiring the creation of the video game-focused anime convention Omakecon, which became MAGFest. According to Yamine, early MAGFest participants have retroactively described this...
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Publication: February 2001