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While many of us know that we will never be able to throw a perfect game in baseball; at least one person can say that he did it on a video game, and say that he became a millionaire doing it. Wade McGilberry, a records keeper in Mobile Alabama, is the most recent person to become a millionaire by playing video games. Wade is the first person to record himself throwing the perfect game on MLB 2K10. Take Two watched the video and after confirming that was wasn’t edited at all, they awarded him a check signed out to him for $1 Million. “We are trying to be responsible with it. We are simple people,” said his wife Katy. When asked what they were going to do with all the money, they simply replied that they were going to pay off the mortgage and start a family. Wade’s wife even suggested that he should take the day off work so he could start right away. “I thought about it (and) the responsible thing to do was to go to work,” he said. When he came home, he set up a video recording, started playing and achieved the perfect game after “five or six attempts.” For those who want to know how this competition came about, let me answer that question as well. Take Two’s Vice President of Marketing, Jason Argent, claimed that the company wanted to know how many times this feat had been accomplished. According to Take Two, none of the developers of the game were ever able to throw a perfect game while the game was being developed.”We knew it would be difficult but not impossible,” Argent said. Argent also stated that with this contest, sales of the game are expected to increase compared to last year. On behalf of everyone here at GamingConviction.com, we would like to congratulate Wade for his beyond impressive win.