When
I went to my first Portland Retro Gaming Expo more than two years ago, one of
my primary objectives was to meet the Seattle area YouTubers, specifically the “Metal
Jesus Crew”: John Riggs, Reggie Williams, John Hancock, Kinsey Burke, and
Kelsey Lewin (I had already met Metal himself and interviewed him for a Retropalooza article). They were as cool and as nice as I expected—what you see on their
channels is what you get—and it was great talking to them in person, as opposed
to mere online correspondence.
I
discovered that Kelsey grew up near me in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, so the
next time she was in town, we went to The National Video Game Museum in Frisco, and then had some dinner later that
day at a video game-themed restaurant called Nerdvana. Her brother went with us
as well, which was cool. What struck me about Kelsey is that she’s mature,
intelligent, and composed beyond her years. She’s also a lot of fun. We had a blast
playing the world’s largest Pong machine, checking out the rare games, investigating the back room (thanks to John Hardie for the grand tour), and
talking about all kinds of geeky stuff.
At
the Portland Retro Gaming Expo the following year, Kelsey’s boyfriend proposed
to her at the Saturday night auction in a highly unusual way, which you can
check out HERE. It was awesome watching it live, and we were all super happy
for the couple.
If you
enjoy watching Norm “The Gaming Historian” Caruso’s videos, you should subscribe
to Kelsey’s channel. She recently hit 100,000 subscribers—she really knows her
stuff! I’m honored that she has a story in The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 2 (N–Z). Want to know why Kelsey is obsessed with strange
and unusual gaming items? It’s in the book.
Here’s
her bio as it appears in The SNES Omnibus Vol. 2:
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