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Video Game Trivia Apr 13, 2025

The first video game reportedly played in space was Tetris, aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1993.
#tetris #space
Credits: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/109302-first-videogame-in-space https://unsplash.com/photos/black-digital-device-at-4-00-wecpA8RQ_zc

First videogame in space

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Video Game Trivia Dec 5, 2024

My face when "cheating" doesn't refer to competitive video games 🤷🙃

Video Game Trivia Nov 21, 2024

Some games take loading screens to the next level and encourage you to not grease up your keyboard and change up your snack diet with baby carrots.
#gaming #fps #firstpersonshooter #insurgencySandstorm

Video Game Trivia Oct 26, 2024

Due to the Daylight Savings Time adjustment in Europe, today is the only day of the year where you can play World of Warcraft for 25 hours a day, or do a 25 hour stream in one day.
#wow #worldofwarcraft #warcraft #dst #daylightsavings

Video Game Trivia Oct 22, 2024

The 2017 GDC talk for the Doom 2016 soundtrack is one of the most fascinating behind the scenes looks at music creation in the video game industry.
#DOOM #DOOM2016 #music #mickgordon
Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FNBMZsqrY

DOOM: Behind the Music

In this 2017 session, Doom composer Mick Gordon provides a detailed look into the compositional process, production techniques and creative philosophies behi...

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Video Game Trivia Jun 20, 2024

The way to hire the Dark Brotherhood in The Elder scrolls is to perform The Black Sacrament, chanting the words
> Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear.
This ritual is referenced throughout the franchise.
#TheElderScrolls #Skyrim
Credits: https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Sacrament

Black Sacrament

The Black Sacrament is a ritual performed by one who wishes to contact the Dark Brotherhood, usually in the hopes of having a murder-contract satisfied by one of their assassins.[1] The Night Mother hears the pleas of the invoker and translates the information to her Listener. The Listener would then relay this information to Speakers of the Black Hand. From there, the head of the nearest Sanctuary sends an operative to answer the call. After the Dark Brotherhood of Cyrodiil was destroyed and th

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Video Game Trivia May 10, 2024

The Zapper gun was an accessory for Nintendo's Entertainment System (NES) and was compatible with games like 'Duck Hunt'. When the player pulled the trigger the TV painted a white square over the target duck for the duration of a frame which the internal optical sensor in the gun would use to determine if the player hit the shot or not.
#Nintendo #Zapper Gun
Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XnSvB34y8

How the Nintendo Zapper worked in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys

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Video Game Trivia Nov 10, 2023

Fallout 4 sold 1.2 million copies on Steam in its first 24 hours of release on November 10th 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_4
#Fallout #Bethesda

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Video Game Trivia Sep 23, 2023

Nintendo was founded as Nintendo Karuta on 23 September 1889 and produced playing cards! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo
#Nintendo

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Video Game Trivia Jan 31, 2023

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System popularised shoulder buttons for the index fingers massively. The buttons on the right side were either red, green, yellow and blue (Japan and Europe) or in shades of purple in the US version
#nintendo #SNES #retrogaming
Credits: https://unsplash.com/photos/PJEyTCV1aFs

Photo by Ravi Palwe on Unsplash

Super Nintendo Entertainment System - SNES – Download this photo by Ravi Palwe on Unsplash