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World of Tanks somehow manages to generate billions of dollars in revenue every single year simply by letting middle-aged dads purchase slightly different variations of…
World of Tanks somehow manages to generate billions of dollars in revenue every single year simply by letting middle-aged dads purchase slightly different…
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Valve created the terrifyingly passive-aggressive robotic voice of GLaDOS in Portal by feeding Ellen McLain's recorded voice lines through a specialized software originally…
Valve created the terrifyingly passive-aggressive robotic voice of GLaDOS in Portal by feeding Ellen McLain's recorded voice lines through a specialized…
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Warren Robinett created the very first video game Easter egg in the 1980 Atari game Adventure purely as an act of massive, petty corporate defiance against his terrible bosses;…
Warren Robinett created the very first video game Easter egg in the 1980 Atari game Adventure purely as an act of massive, petty corporate defiance against…
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Jeff Steitzer recorded his unimaginably iconic multiplayer voice lines for the original Halo game while sitting in a closet, trying desperately not to wake up his sleeping…
Jeff Steitzer recorded his unimaginably iconic multiplayer voice lines for the original Halo game while sitting in a closet, trying desperately not to wake up…
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Hidetaka Miyazaki deliberately trolled the entire player base of Dark Souls by offering a starting gift called the Pendant, cryptically hinting in various interviews that it…
Hidetaka Miyazaki deliberately trolled the entire player base of Dark Souls by offering a starting gift called the Pendant, cryptically hinting in various…
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Nintendo somehow tricked over thirty million people into buying a highly expensive plastic bathroom scale by branding it as a Wii Fit balance board and convincing them that…
Nintendo somehow tricked over thirty million people into buying a highly expensive plastic bathroom scale by branding it as a Wii Fit balance board and…
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Doom was heavily marketed in 1995 using a bizarre promotional video where a young, incredibly awkward Bill Gates superimposed himself inside the bloody corridors of the game wielding a virtual shotgun.
Doom was heavily marketed in 1995 using a bizarre promotional video where a young, incredibly awkward Bill Gates superimposed himself inside the bloody…
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Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox Christian bishops…
Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox…
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Fallout was originally supposed to be based entirely on the highly popular GURPS tabletop role-playing system, but the creators of the system violently pulled their licensing…
Fallout was originally supposed to be based entirely on the highly popular GURPS tabletop role-playing system, but the creators of the system violently pulled…
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Rockstar originally built the prototype for Grand Theft Auto as a top-down multiplayer game called Race and Chase where players were supposed to take on the roles of either cops or robbers.
Rockstar originally built the prototype for Grand Theft Auto as a top-down multiplayer game called Race and Chase where players were supposed to take on the…
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Microsoft marketing executives absolutely hated the name Xbox when it was first pitched, viewing it as a clunky abbreviation for the Direct X Box project that sounded completely unprofessional.
Microsoft marketing executives absolutely hated the name Xbox when it was first pitched, viewing it as a clunky abbreviation for the Direct X Box project that…
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Keita Takahashi created the bizarre masterpiece Katamari Damacy essentially as an art school protest against the mainstream video game industry, which he felt was completely…
Keita Takahashi created the bizarre masterpiece Katamari Damacy essentially as an art school protest against the mainstream video game industry, which he felt…
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Eve Online features an incredibly brutal, unregulated player-driven economy where real-world corporate espionage tactics are not only completely legal, but actively encouraged by the developers running the servers.
Eve Online features an incredibly brutal, unregulated player-driven economy where real-world corporate espionage tactics are not only completely legal, but…
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Half-Life was revolutionary in 1998 for telling its entire narrative strictly from a first-person perspective without ever taking control away from the player with cutscenes.
Half-Life was revolutionary in 1998 for telling its entire narrative strictly from a first-person perspective without ever taking control away from the player…
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Skyrim speedrunners can finish the massive role-playing game in under twenty-three minutes by using an exploit that allows them to literally clip through the geometry of the world by carrying buckets.
Skyrim speedrunners can finish the massive role-playing game in under twenty-three minutes by using an exploit that allows them to literally clip through the…
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Chess was completely revolutionized in the 15th century when a new rule granted the Queen the ability to move any number of squares in any direction, transforming her into the most powerful piece.
Chess was completely revolutionized in the 15th century when a new rule granted the Queen the ability to move any number of squares in any direction,…
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Bethesda specifically designed the tactical slow-motion VATS combat system in Fallout 3 after watching cars spectacularly explode in the arcade racing game Burnout.
Bethesda specifically designed the tactical slow-motion VATS combat system in Fallout 3 after watching cars spectacularly explode in the arcade racing game…
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Dungeons & Dragons is routinely banned in state and federal prisons across the United States because wardens actually believe the game promotes gang activity and facilitates complex escape plans.
Dungeons & Dragons is routinely banned in state and federal prisons across the United States because wardens actually believe the game promotes gang activity…
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Sega accidentally created an underground market for specialized Barbie fishing controllers when they released an incredibly niche fishing game for the Dreamcast console in the late 1990s.
Sega accidentally created an underground market for specialized Barbie fishing controllers when they released an incredibly niche fishing game for the…
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Shigeru Miyamoto named Nintendo's first massive arcade hit Donkey Kong because he genuinely believed that the English word for the animal was a direct synonym for stupid or…
Shigeru Miyamoto named Nintendo's first massive arcade hit Donkey Kong because he genuinely believed that the English word for the animal was a direct synonym…
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Infinity Ward deliberately designed the tactical nuke killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to instantly end the match because they were terrified players would keep…
Infinity Ward deliberately designed the tactical nuke killstreak in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to instantly end the match because they were terrified…
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Nintendo developers shaped the Arwing space fighters in the original Star Fox as simple flat triangles purely because the limited hardware chip could not render any actual…
Nintendo developers shaped the Arwing space fighters in the original Star Fox as simple flat triangles purely because the limited hardware chip could not…
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Capcom actually scanned a real-world cabbage to use as the texture for the water ripples in the original GameCube release of Resident Evil 4, because some incredibly resourceful…
Capcom actually scanned a real-world cabbage to use as the texture for the water ripples in the original GameCube release of Resident Evil 4, because some…
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Steve Jobs famously hired Steve Wozniak to build the arcade circuit board for Atari's Breakout in 1975, promising to split the five thousand dollar bonus if the chip count was reduced.
Steve Jobs famously hired Steve Wozniak to build the arcade circuit board for Atari's Breakout in 1975, promising to split the five thousand dollar bonus if…
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