Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's currently a contributor to NPR's "All Tech Considered" segment, which airs Mondays on "All Things Considered." He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project, and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar L. Gallaga
| Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 03:37 PM
Photo courtesy The Pokémon Company International
Last August, we wrote about Aaron Grubbs, a Marble Falls student who competed in Hawaii at the PokémonVideo Game World Championships.
Now, two Austin brothers have proven their chops in regional competition. Kobe Minchey, age 7, and Casey Minchey, age 11, both competed in the Dallas-Fort Worth South Regional Championship in Arlington over the weekend. Kobe placed first in his division and Casey placed second in his, but both of them earned a spot in the National Championships, to be held July 8-10 in Indianapolis.
In addition to the trip, they also each won a Nintendo 3DS game console. They’ll be competing for a spot in the World Championship, to be held in August in San Diego.
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