| DYK facts
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did you know... |
date |
views
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| 1
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December 30, 2008 |
1,589
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| 2
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July 18, 2009 |
2,200
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| 3
|
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December 15, 2009 |
2,100
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| 4
|
|
December 17, 2009 |
905
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| 5
|
|
December 19, 2009 |
3,300
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| 6
|
|
December 22, 2009 |
5,600
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| 7
|
|
February 25, 2010 |
1,200
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| 8
|
|
March 3, 2010 |
1,300
|
| 10
|
|
June 14, 2010 |
115
|
| 11
|
|
June 17, 2010 |
1,400
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| 12
|
|
June 17, 2010 |
3,400
|
| 13
|
|
June 21, 2010 |
1,800
|
| 14
|
|
June 28, 2010 |
1,400
|
| 15
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- ... that Hot Potato tasks the player with navigating a bus through roads filled with alien potato beings?
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July 3, 2010 |
1,300
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| 16
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|
July 7, 2010 |
Data unavailable
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| 17
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- ... that video game critics were confused by the presentation of the game Battle Tag at Ubisoft's E3 2010 press conference?
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July 10, 2010 |
Data unavailable
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| 19
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- ... that the plot of Pac-Man Pinball Advance focuses on the kidnapping of all the residents of Pac-Land by the four ghosts Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde?
|
July 13, 2010 |
1,700
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| 20
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|
July 14, 2010 |
1,400
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| 22
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- ... that IGN's Craig Harris stated that Urban Yeti! felt like it was produced by a few guys down in someone's basement?
|
August 13, 2010 |
4,806
|
| 23
|
|
August 25, 2010 |
3,400
|
| 24
|
|
August 27, 2010 |
4,000
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| 25
|
|
August 31, 2010 |
4,400
|
| 27
|
|
September 22, 2010 |
908
|
| 28
|
|
September 25, 2010 |
957
|
| 29
|
|
October 1, 2010 |
6,300
|
| 30
|
|
December 17, 2010 |
2,400
|
| 31
|
|
January 19, 2011 |
1,300
|
| 32
|
|
January 28, 2011 |
4,200
|
| 33
|
|
February 5, 2011 |
1,000
|
| 35
|
|
February 21, 2011 |
1,600
|
| 36
|
|
March 16, 2011 |
1,600
|
| 37
|
|
February 19, 2012 |
1,722
|
| 38
|
|
February 25, 2012 |
2,861
|
| 39-43
|
|
June 9, 2012 |
685+607+315+321+504=2,432
|
| 45
|
|
July 24, 2012 |
506
|
| 46
|
|
July 28, 2012 |
1,150
|
| 47
|
|
August 12, 2014 |
454+711=1154
|
| 48
|
|
September 1, 2014 |
2165
|
| 49
|
|
September 9, 2015 |
2342
|
| 50
|
|
September 11, 2015 |
2230
|
| 51
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- ... ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from Lindsay Lohan would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game Herbie: Fully Loaded?
|
September 5, 2017 |
3,415
|
| 52
|
|
January 29, 2018 |
4,125
|
| 53
|
|
March 2, 2018 |
4,707
|
| 54
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- ... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the co-founders discovered at a liquor shop?
|
March 5, 2018 |
7,986
|
| 55
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- ... that Florence shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle minigame, which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable?"
|
April 16, 2018 |
8,300
|
| 56
|
|
April 21, 2018 |
379
|
| 57
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|
May 1, 2018 |
1,392
|
| 58
|
- ... that while one reviewer could not get past the second level of Army Men: Operation Green, another felt the game would only take a few hours to beat?
|
May 12, 2018 |
1,820
|
| 59
|
|
May 13, 2018 |
1,763
|
| 60
|
- ... that 9:05 takes only five minutes to finish?
|
June 18, 2018 |
9,524
|
| 61
|
|
June 21, 2018 |
6,187
|
| 62
|
|
June 28, 2018 |
2,556
|
| 63
|
|
July 31, 2018 |
3,848
|
| 64
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- ... that the role-playing video game Kenshi was inspired by stories of wandering rōnin, and the idea of a survivor traveling a wasteland?
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February 8, 2019 |
4,664
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| 66
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|
May 24, 2020 |
1,741
|
| 67
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- ... that a large sign announcing the winner of the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico special election appeared three hours before the meeting to select him had started?
|
July 26, 2020 |
2,221
|
| 68
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- ... that the publisher of Redshirt suggested adding a sci-fi theme when the social-media simulation game was initially pitched?
|
August 28, 2020 |
5,848
|
| 69
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- ... that the developer of The Stillness of the Wind was inspired to make the video game after fantasizing with his girlfriend about raising goats instead of living in London?
|
July 26, 2021 |
4,787
|
| 70
|
|
November 25, 2021 |
5,770
|
| 71
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- ... that development on the video game Expeditions: Rome was not affected by lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic because the developer was already split between Copenhagen and Istanbul?
|
February 5, 2022 |
4,260
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| 72
|
- ... that the developer Jack King-Spooner claimed that the people of Beeswing seemed to be supportive of his creation of his semi-autobiographical indie game Beeswing?
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March 12, 2022 |
2,070
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| 73
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- ... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the gig economy?
|
September 10, 2022 |
3,689
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| 74
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- ... that Terra Invicta's development company is a group of former volunteer video game modders that decided to release their own game after the success of their mod?
|
November 11, 2022 |
4,931
|
| 75
|
|
December 9, 2022 |
5,695
|
| 76
|
|
March 15, 2023 |
3,597
|
| 77
|
|
March 17, 2023 |
2,899
|
| 78
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- ... that the developers of Jikandia: The Timeless Land wanted to make a game that could be finished in the time of a normal Japanese train commute?
|
March 23, 2023 |
3,672
|
| 79
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- ... that the game designer of the video game Hades said that the characters were attractive "because Jen Zee"?
|
April 2, 2023 |
12,834
|
| 80
|
|
April 12, 2023 |
5,517
|
| 81
|
- ... that a filing for a temporary restraining order to stop the release of Get Up and Dance in the United States by the publisher of the Just Dance series was denied?
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April 16, 2023 |
4,730
|
| 82
|
|
May 5, 2023 |
2,467
|
| 83
|
- ... that one reviewer said that her favorite part of Cassette Beasts was that it is not "forced to cater to younger children", unlike Pokémon?
|
May 12, 2023 |
11,875
|
| 84
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- ... that one reviewer said that players should try using a guitar controller with Fret Nice "to gain a new appreciation for a traditional controller"?
|
May 14, 2023 |
3,266
|
| 85
|
|
May 15, 2023 |
7,232
|
| 86
|
- ... that one critic called Patrician IV a "very dry affair"?
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June 3, 2023 |
6,987
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