WTF Fun Fact – PacManhattan
In 2004, NYU students created a real-world version of Pac-Man entitled PacManhattan, in which a player dressed as Pac-Man had … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – MONOPOLY World Championship Grand Prize
At the 2009 and 2015 MONOPOLY World Championship, the grand prize was $20,580 USD, which is also the amount of … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Cranium & Starbucks
The independent board game “Cranium” originally sold over 100,000 copies of its game in the first year – primarily through … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – $500k Wage On Rock, Paper, Scissors
In January 2011, two Canadians bet over $500,000 on a best-of-three game of rock, paper, scissors. The loser took out … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – DirectXbox
The X in the name Xbox comes from the DirectX software used for processing graphics. The Xbox was code named … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Konami’s Fake Game Designers
In 1986, all game designers working for Konami were forbidden to attach their real name to any project. Instead, they … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Pigs Playing Video Games
A recent study involved training pigs to play video games with their snouts. The study also demonstrated that the pigs … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – ToPikachu Kansas
For one day in August 1998 and another in October 2018, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “ToPikachu” to mark the release … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Passion/Orange/Guava POG
The mid-90s fad known as “Pogs” was actually an acronym for Passion/Orange/Guava, which was the type of juice that kids … Read More & Source