stackyFACTS
Games

When good reviews bought exclusive interviews

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Journalistic integrity famously takes a back seat to exclusive scoops. In the golden era of print media, magazines would occasionally ensure incredibly high ratings for mediocre titles purely to guarantee the publisher would grant them an exclusive interview for the highly anticipated sequel.

When good reviews bought exclusive interviews
STACKY / Games
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Games →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
The first PlayStation prototypes had nowhere to plug in
Games

The first PlayStation prototypes had nowhere to plug in

Turns out standalone consoles usually need a way to plug in inputs. The device was originally conceptualized as an optical drive add-on for a rival system,…

Discover more
One lawn has been tended for 700 years
Games

One lawn has been tended for 700 years

Rolling biased spheres across manicured grass requires terrifying levels of commitment. A club in Southampton has continuously maintained their turf for over…

Discover more
How did the iconic escalating speed and panic of the original Space Invaders arcade game actually get invented?
Games

How did the iconic escalating speed and panic of the original Space Invaders arcade game actually get invented?

How did the iconic escalating speed and panic of the original Space Invaders arcade game actually get invented?

Discover more
Composers recreate lost music by ear
Games

Composers recreate lost music by ear

Losing your own masterpiece is a uniquely frustrating professional hurdle. Because digital backups were notoriously terrible decades ago, legendary composers…

Discover more
Why Red Light, Green Light became a safety lesson
Games

Why Red Light, Green Light became a safety lesson

Obeying a screaming child acting as a human traffic signal was heavily popularized during the early days of the automobile, specifically engineered to drill…

Discover more
Games

Employing neutral third party umpires in nineteenth century Prussian Kriegssiel simulated military fog of war by physically blocking generals from viewing enemy troop markers on…

If you know exactly what your enemy is doing, you aren't playing a wargame; you're playing chess. True military simulation requires blind panic. Before…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store