Wisconsin Johnson Bares All

Episode 69 Dudes! The excellent sixty-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight's Special Guest is the extraordinary Harold Johnson, also known as "Wisconsin Johnson"! He's the man behind next month's Nexus Game Fair! That's happening from Thursday May 25th to Monday May 29th, at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee in Wisconsin. We talk about Star Trek, Puppets, acting, how he finally convinced Gary Gygax to hire him, D&D Reader's Theater, John Ritter, GaryCon, Circus Maximus, the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Skerrit the Green aka Green Mario aka Greg Marks, the Pokemon TCG, and his new app, Consilium Event Management System which you can also find on Facebook!

He's also the owner of the Breadloaf Book Shop in Lake Geneva Wisconsin! You can find them in Wisconsin, 727 Geneva St. Lake Geneva, WI 53147, or call them at (262) 248-9446, or even email them at breadloafbooks@outlook.com for all your book needs! He is a true book lover and he closes his statements with "Read a book, it's an adventure!" which is a great slogan!

And also, some news and bits:

• We still love our theme music from the awesome Jonathan Marlin!
• Director Seng even used the theme music in his sweet PAX East Panel Montage!
  
• Miz Sylver shouts out to Mink the Satyr!
• The new Pokemon Sun and Moon Global Mission is to hatch eggs, and is on until April 10th. The mission has already reached its goals, so just sign up!
• The Miitomo Anniversary Event celebrates 1 year of the creepy game! The best part is that you can enter a contest to design an outfit for Miitomo until April 16th! Go for it!
• Google's April fools prank is Mrs. Pac-Man on Google Maps! If you know how to access it now that the prank is over, drop us a line... because we want to Pac-Man!
• Super League's League of Legends events are happening. The Boston one is happening April 26th in Foxborough!
• Miz Sylver did a guest spot on the HBomb and Friends podcast!
• StreetPass Long Island gives a great write up of the PAX East StreetPass Game Show!
• We did not catch a Shiny Magikarp during the Water Festival, but some people did:
  

  Have you caught a Shiny Magikarp in @PokemonGoApp yet? #PokemonGO

  — SwitchPass Boston (@StreetPassBOS) March 27, 2017

This week's Twitter poll honors Harold's high school gaming club days with a relatable issue!

In honor of Harold of @NexusGameFair : Have you ever pulled an all-nighter playing a game? Video game, @Wizards_DnD , @CAH or whatever?

— PokeProblems (@pokemoncast) April 3, 2017

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Are you attending Nexus Game Fair? (Say Hi to Harold!) Do you want to ride in a chariot pulled by Tribbles? Do you have a fear of puppets like Miz Sylver? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know!



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