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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 146: The Father of Esports
Description: The Father of Esports
Walter Day is best known for his work as founder/head referee of Twin Galaxies, the official video game scorekeeper for Guinness. In the early days of arcades, Walter (an early world record holder himself) helped establish a system for tracking the top video game scores in the world. That competition for world records evolved into what is now called Esports.
That may be enough for most people, but Walter Day is not most people. Walter is also known for his business card collection, which numbers around 25 million. He sold vintage news...