{"id":206033,"date":"2026-05-19T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206033"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:43:19","slug":"game-con-returning-to-nscc-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/game-con-returning-to-nscc-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Con returning to NSCC in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ARCHBOLD &#8212; Northwest State Community College is bringing back Game Con, \u201cthe premier pop culture convention,\u201d from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at NSCC\u2019s Archbold campus. The convention is run by Northwest State and NSCC Thunder, the college\u2019s official Esports team. The event is free to attend, and all ages are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game Con will feature many events and competitions, some returning and some new. They include a 100-player Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament with a $600 prize pool, a Cosplay Contest with a $500 prize pool, a Pok\u00e9mon Card Game Tournament Hosted by Checkmate Games with a Pok\u00e9mon related prizes, and other open activities available to all attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the open activities scheduled for Game Con include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Artists, vendors, and authors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various panels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speedrun challenges every hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open console play with Nintendo Switches, PlayStations, and many more consoles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virtual reality (VR) experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food trucks, Open Lego build stations, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the panels scheduled for Game Con include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creating a video game in one hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dungeons &amp; Dragons character workshop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comic vs. novel writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Much more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information, including pre-registration links, photos, etc., is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/GameCon.NorthwestState.edu\">GameCon.NorthwestState.edu<\/a>. Follow NSCC Thunder on social media at Instagram and Facebook for more information about vendors, events, and other Game Con news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information ARCHBOLD &#8212; Northwest State Community College is bringing back Game Con, \u201cthe premier pop culture convention,\u201d from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at NSCC\u2019s Archbold campus. The convention is run by Northwest State and NSCC Thunder, the college\u2019s official Esports team. The event is free to attend, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 23:47:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206034,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206033\/revisions\/206034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}