Editing Ottumwa, Iowa (section)

===Video Games===
[[Twin Galaxies]], a social media platform, is located in Ottumwa.  For this reason, Ottumwa's mayor proclaimed the city the "Video Game Capital of the World" in 1982.<ref name=VC>{{cite web |last = Kalning | first= Kristin|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/30588831 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007143205/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30588831/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2015 |title=Ottumwa, video game capital of the world? - On the Level- NBC News | date= May 6, 2009|publisher=NBC News |access-date=June 14, 2010 }}</ref> The city's proclamation was recognized by U.S. Senator [[Charles Grassley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=18&id=1384 |title=Congratulations on becoming "Video Game Capital" | publisher=www.twingalaxies.com |access-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> The city hosted the first North American Video Olympics in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/images/generalinfo/navgo.gif |title=1982 North American Video Game Olympics program cover (GIF Image, 370x574 pixels) |publisher=www.twingalaxies.com |access-date=June 14, 2010 }}</ref> In 2009,  an [[International Video Game Hall of Fame]] was planned.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}