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• [Games fact 1]  The guy who invented the koosh ball, invented it because his child was having trouble catching a ball.

  Games, People source

• [Games fact 2]  American illusionists and entertainers Penn Jillette and Teller designed a video game called “Desert Bus” back in 1995. In the game, the player drives an 8-hour bus route in real time between Tucson and Vegas. The game is impossible to cheat. The only sceneries are rocks and road signs and once the player reaches the destination, they have to turn around and drive back.

  Games, People source

• [Games fact 3]  All arcade games imported into North America from 1989 to 2000 had the following FBI slogan included into their attract mode: “Winners Don't Use Drugs.”

  Drugs, Games source

• [Games fact 4]  The Lion King Game (SEGA/SNES) was made extremely difficult on purpose. Disney told the developers to make the game so difficult that people wouldn't be able to beat it during a rental period at Blockbuster. A few developers would later apologize to fans for how hard the game is.

  Games, People source

• [Games fact 5]  In 2014, more people watched the League of Legends Championship than the World Series, NBA Finals, BCS Championship, or the Final Four

  Games, People, Television source

• [Games fact 6]  Dmitry Glukhovsky wrote the novel “Metro 2033” when he was 18. He published the novel on his website available for free. This eventually led to a video game deal with 4A Games and a comic deal with Dark Horse comics.

  Books, Comics, Games source

• [Games fact 7]  The first first-person shooter game, Maze, was created in 1973. It included features like corner peeking, AI bots, and 8-player online play. In fact, it was so popular that DARPA had to ban it from ARPANET because half of all network activity for a month was between players at MIT and Stanford.

  Games, Technology source

• [Games fact 8]  The upper limit for Yu-Gi-Oh! decks is 60 cards because someone once entered a tournament with a more than 2000 cards deck and that wasn't illegal at the time.

  Games, People source

• [Games fact 9]  Emperor Nero competed in the Olympic Games. Nero did terribly and was nearly killed in a chariot race, but was nonetheless declared the winner in every event he competed in.

  Games, Monarch source

• [Games fact 10]  A 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 80s to employees who had worked at the Germany LEGO factory for over 25 years. They are valued at nearly $15,000.

  Games, Misc source

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