Aug 24, 2026 · 2 hr 10 min · 20 segments
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right now oh boy well all right listen games games and more games i just got back from gen con it was craziness as you could imagine uh Just another huge year.
Wow.
That's a pretty big deal.
The numbers are ridiculous.
74,000 plus total attendees.
That beats previous records of 71 and 72,000 the
last few
years.
Okay.
Let's see, 800 publishers and exhibitors, 800 exhibits, 28,000 ticketed events, 85 million to local economic impact.
Now, think about that for just a second.
I understand that this is the second, Gen Con is the second largest show for economic impact.
So that's 85 million.
That's a bunch of money.
I don't know, it felt
weird to me this year.
There didn't feel like that one big game or even that handful of big games.
There was just like a bunch of games.
Now, the
stuff that I expected was gonna be a big deal was a big deal.
right now oh boy well all right listen games games and more games i just got back from gen con it was craziness as you could imagine uh Just another huge year.
Wow.
That's a pretty big deal.
The numbers are ridiculous.
74,000 plus total attendees.
That beats previous records of 71 and 72,000 the
last few
years.
Okay.
Let's see, 800 publishers and exhibitors, 800 exhibits, 28,000 ticketed events, 85 million to local economic impact.
Now, think about that for just a second.
I understand that this is the second, Gen Con is the second largest show for economic impact.
So that's 85 million.
That's a bunch of money.
I don't know, it felt
weird to me this year.
There didn't feel like that one big game or even that handful of big games.
There was just like a bunch of games.
Now, the
stuff that I expected was gonna be a big deal was a big deal.
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