Mario has been jumping on screens and collecting coins for decades. Mario has had undeniable staying power as one of, if not the, most prominent figures in video games. Mario has become so popular that many people now celebrate today, March 10, as Mario Day, or “Mar10,” as some call it. Do you know why […]
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Princess Susana did not have the royal life she implied when she fled to the United States. Surprisingly, her name was not even Susana, to begin with. But did you know why she was known as the Colonial Con-woman? Princess Susanna Caroline Matilda was a convicted thief who fled to America in 1770 and lived
Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks created and released Skyrim, an action role-playing video game. Following 2006’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it is the fifth main installment in the Elder Scrolls series, and it was published globally on November 11, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. But do you know how
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Hidetaka Miyazaki is a Japanese creative director, designer, scriptwriter, and executive for the video game company FromSoftware, but did you know that he was inspired to design a summoning scene in one of his games by his car breakdown? Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the Dark Souls series, was inspired to design the summoning based
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Robyn and Rand Miller created the graphic adventure puzzle video game Myst. It was created by Cyan, Inc. and published by Broderbund in 1993 for the Macintosh personal computer platform. What most people did not know was that Disney almost made a theme park base on this video game. “Myst Island,” was a Disney World
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Steam is a video game and digital distribution service created by Valve. It was released in September 2003, as a standalone software to provide automatic updates for their games. It eventually expanded to distribution and hosting third-party games. But did you know there was another reason why Steam was created? Steam was originally created so
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Many novels have been purchased and adapted into movies and video games. Most of the time, the authors reap huge profits from the deals. But did you know that one Polish author sold the rights of his novels, not realizing its vast potential? CD Projekt Red, a Polish video game developer, purchased the rights of
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