Gyoza the pug was hired by 343 Industries to help make the alien noises in their next game Halo: Infinite. – WTF Fun Facts
Gaming
WTF Fun Fact – Inspiration For The Sims
Will Wright got the inspiration for the original The Sims game while assessing his losses and material needs after his home burned down in the Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/10/17/will-wright-inspired-to-make-the-sims-after-iosing-a-home
WTF Fun Fact – Card Counting Legality
Despite it being common practice for casinos to ban card counters, a 1979 New Jersey Supreme Court decision banned all Atlantic City casinos from doing so, making them the only state in America where they can’t throw out skilled blackjack players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status
WTF Fun Fact – Games For Science
After 13 years of trying to find the structure of a protein, scientists created an online competitive game called Foldit that asked gamers to try and solve it. The structure was then found in 3 weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theguardian.com//technology/2014/jan/25/online-gamers-solving-sciences-biggest-problems
WTF Fun Fact – No Bad Publicity
When DMA Design/Rockstar Games first released Grand Theft Auto, they actually paid reviewers to negatively review the game in order to keep it controversial and thus popular. They planted articles in right wing news papers to ensure moral outrage and drive the game to success. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://whatculture.com/gaming/gta-v-9-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind?page=4
WTF Fun Fact – William Higinbotham
Physicist William Higinbotham worked on both the first nuclear bomb and what some consider to be the first video game ever, ‘Tennis for Two.’ – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two
WTF Fun Fact – Chess Advisor
In medieval games of chess, pawns that had been promoted to a queen would be given the title of “advisor,” so as to not imply that the king had more than one queen or was unfaithful. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)
WTF Fun Fact – Yu-Gi-Oh Hygiene
Hygiene standards were so low that the official 2019 Yu-Gi-Oh tournament hosted by Konami instituted a hygiene clause to the rule book. This allows judges to penalize players with dirty clothing or terrible odor by giving them a loss. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/05/stnky_gamers_banned/
WTF Fun Fact – Music While You Work
People who work in silence are slower and less proficient than those who listen to music while working. Video game music itself is designed to keep you motivated and finishing tasks without stealing your focus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work