DYK facts |
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December 30, 2008 | 1,589 |
2 |
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July 18, 2009 | 2,200 |
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December 15, 2009 | 2,100 |
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December 17, 2009 | 905 |
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December 19, 2009 | 3,300 |
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December 22, 2009 | 5,600 |
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February 25, 2010 | 1,200 |
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March 3, 2010 | 1,300 |
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June 14, 2010 | 115 |
11 |
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June 17, 2010 | 1,400 |
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June 17, 2010 | 3,400 |
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June 21, 2010 | 1,800 |
14 |
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June 28, 2010 | 1,400 |
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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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July 7, 2010 | Data unavailable |
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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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- ... 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?
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July 13, 2010 | 1,700 |
20 |
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July 14, 2010 | 1,400 |
22 |
- ... that IGN's Craig Harris stated that Urban Yeti! felt like it was produced by a few guys down in someone's basement?
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August 13, 2010 | 4,806 |
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August 25, 2010 | 3,400 |
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August 27, 2010 | 4,000 |
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August 31, 2010 | 4,400 |
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September 22, 2010 | 908 |
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September 25, 2010 | 957 |
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October 1, 2010 | 6,300 |
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December 17, 2010 | 2,400 |
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January 19, 2011 | 1,300 |
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January 28, 2011 | 4,200 |
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February 5, 2011 | 1,000 |
35 |
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February 21, 2011 | 1,600 |
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March 16, 2011 | 1,600 |
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February 19, 2012 | 1,722 |
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February 25, 2012 | 2,861 |
39-43 |
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June 9, 2012 | 685+607+315+321+504=2,432 |
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July 24, 2012 | 506 |
46 |
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July 28, 2012 | 1,150 |
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August 12, 2014 | 454+711=1154 |
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September 1, 2014 | 2165 |
49 |
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September 9, 2015 | 2342 |
50 |
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September 11, 2015 | 2230 |
51 |
- ... ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from Lindsay Lohan would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game Herbie: Fully Loaded?
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September 5, 2017 | 3,415 |
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January 29, 2018 | 4,125 |
53 |
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March 2, 2018 | 4,707 |
54 |
- ... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the co-founders discovered at a liquor shop?
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March 5, 2018 | 7,986 |
55 |
- ... that Florence shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle minigame, which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable?"
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April 16, 2018 | 8,300 |
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April 21, 2018 | 379 |
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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?
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May 12, 2018 | 1,820 |
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May 13, 2018 | 1,763 |
60 |
- ... that 9:05 takes only five minutes to finish?
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June 18, 2018 | 9,524 |
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June 21, 2018 | 6,187 |
62 |
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June 28, 2018 | 2,556 |
63 |
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July 31, 2018 | 3,848 |
64 |
- ... 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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May 24, 2020 | 1,741 |
67 |
- ... 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?
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July 26, 2020 | 2,221 |
68 |
- ... that the publisher of Redshirt suggested adding a sci-fi theme when the social-media simulation game was initially pitched?
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August 28, 2020 | 5,848 |
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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?
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July 26, 2021 | 4,787 |
70 |
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November 25, 2021 | 5,770 |
71 |
- ... 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?
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February 5, 2022 | 4,260 |
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 |
73 |
- ... 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?
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September 10, 2022 | 3,689 |
74 |
- ... 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?
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November 11, 2022 | 4,931 |
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December 9, 2022 | 5,695 |
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March 15, 2023 | 3,597 |
77 |
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March 17, 2023 | 2,899 |
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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?
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March 23, 2023 | 3,672 |
79 |
- ... that the game designer of the video game Hades said that the characters were attractive "because Jen Zee"?
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April 2, 2023 | 12,834 |
80 |
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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 |
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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?
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May 12, 2023 | 11,875 |
84 |
- ... that one reviewer said that players should try using a guitar controller with Fret Nice "to gain a new appreciation for a traditional controller"?
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May 14, 2023 | 3,266 |
85 |
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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 |