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Company: Nintendo
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In the 1960's, Nintendo opened a "Love Hotel", which is a type of short stay hotel operated primarily for the purpose of allowing couples privacy for sexual activities.
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General, Real Life
person Berry calendar_month February 27, 2013
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Fallout 2
Fallout 2 (1998)
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Attachment There is a special encounter that consists of a group of "Unwashed Villagers" fighting a character named "The Grim Reaper". This is a real world reference; one of the first fallout communities ever was called "The Unwashed Village Community" and this encounter is based off them. The people who you find in this encounter are members from the community, and actually fought a spammer name "Grim Reaper" who plagued the community for a long time, and was seen as an evil rival to the Unwashed Village Community.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person retrolinkx calendar_month February 27, 2013
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Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem (1991)
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Attachment Duke Nukem was temporarily renamed to Duke Nukum due to a concern that he shared the same name as a villain in the 90s cartoon "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". He was renamed back to Duke Nukem after it was confirmed that the Captain Planet show held no copyright to the name.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 27, 2013
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Franchise: Animal Crossing
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The Gyroids bear a strong resemblance to Haniwa; clay figures made for ritual use and buried with the dead. This explains why Gyroids can only be obtained by digging, and also implies that you have just dug up someone's grave. This likeness is referenced in the Japanese version of Animal Crossing: City Folk, where the auction house owner Lloid is named "Haniwa-Kun".
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Reference, Suggested, Theory
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 27, 2013
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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Attachment The inscription on Jenova's helmet is a reference to the real world, and read:
Made in Hong Kong
All rights reserved 1996
Squer Company Limited

It wasn't until 2005 (When a high-res image emerged) that this was found, 8 years after the game was released.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Reference
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 26, 2013
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Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 (2012)
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According to "Inside the Vault: The Art & Design of Borderlands 2" that comes with the special edition of Borderlands 2, when the boss "BNK-3R" makes a noise, it's actually the game's sound designer Joshua Davidson yelling about tea.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 26, 2013
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Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man (1982)
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Attachment Ms. Pac-Man originally started out as an unlawfully modified version of the Pac-Man arcade game called "Crazy Otto". Crazy Otto was bought by Pac-Man's North American distributor Midway, and rebranded as Ms. Pac-Man.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 26, 2013
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)
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Attachment The boss "Polygon Man" was actually the Playstation's original mascot from 1995. He was meant to demonstrate the power of the Playstation, but was dropped shortly after the Playstation was announced.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 26, 2013
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Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure (1998)
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Dred Foxx, who voices Parappa in Parappa the Rapper, rapped the lyrics for "Unknown from M.E." (Knuckles' Theme).
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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Attachment When playing on a mono-sound TV, or the audio is set to mono in the settings, calling Colonel Campbell a few times during the Hind battle will cause Snake's team to playfully mock him about not having a stereo TV.
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Easter Egg, General, Hidden Message, Real Life, Secret
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution (2012)
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Attachment The video reveal trailer ends by displaying a barcode. The numbers on the barcode teased a date (June 7th, 2011) when more about the game would be revealed. However, the company who made the trailer seem to have overlooked the barcode itself, as scanning the barcode takes viewers to an Amazon listing for a bag specifically designed to store sex toys.
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General, Mistake, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations (2011)
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Jaleel White, known for his acting as Steve Urkel in the 90's sitcom "Family Matters", was considered by SEGA to be the voice of Classic Sonic. Jaleel was considered because he had previously voiced Sonic in "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", "Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993), and "Sonic Underground". Sega ultimately decided against casting Jaleel, resulting in a mute Sonic.
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Early Idea, General, Real Life, Voice Acting
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Franchise: Wario
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It's easy to assume that Wario's name was based on turning the M in Mario's name upside down, but this isn't entirely the case. The Japanese word for 'bad' is 'warui', so Wario is actually a shortened version of 'Warui Mario' (Bad Mario). This is also the case for Waluigi (Bad Luigi), and works even better in Japan, where his name is pronounced 'Waruigi'.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Game Boy Camera
Game Boy Camera (1998)
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At the time of its release, the Game Boy Camera was the world's smallest digital camera.
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General, Real Life, Technology
person retrolinkx calendar_month February 25, 2013
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World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2004)
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A 12 year old boy called Jørgen Olsen saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he learned from World of Warcraft. Hans and his sister accidentally entered the moose's territory, and the moose attacked. Hans taunted the moose to take its attention away from his sister, and then proceeded to play dead, making the moose lose interest. In the game, 'Taunting' is used to get an enemy's attention, and 'Feign Death' tricks enemies into ignoring you.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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There is a gene in the human body that was originally named "Pokemon", but was renamed to "ZBTB7". The name change was sparked by The Pokemon Company threatening legal action against the center that discovered ZBTB7, as it is a cancer-causing gene.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Sid Meier's Civilization III
Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001)
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If you change the date on your PC to January 8th (Elvis's birthday) and start a Regicide, Mass Regicide, or Capture the Flag/Princess game, the flag units will turn into Elvis.
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Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person Sengir calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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The human body has a Gene called "Sonic Hedgehog", named after the character. The gene has an inhibitor (something that stop the process of a gene) named "Robotnikinin", named after Sonic's Nemesis, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2004)
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Between 2004 and 2011, the human race collectively spent almost 6 million years playing World of Warcraft.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 25, 2013
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Company: Konami
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The Konami Code was created by Konami programmer Kazuhisa Hashimoto after failing to beat Gradius on the NES. He programmed a simple code into the game that gave him a full set of power-ups, which allowed him to play test the game to the end.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 24, 2013
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