Gaming Facts

Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.

In 2012, a Chinese gamer's father was so concerned about his son's habit, he hired virtual hitmen to kill off his avatar.

Playing video games like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed can boost your ability to learn motor skills.

Robin Williams was reportedly an avid gamer who played games such as Call of Duty, Zelda, Portal, and Battlestations Pacific. His daughter Zelda was named after the video game.

48% of all video game players in the United States are women, and players aged 45 and older represent the fastest-growing gaming demographic.

Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.

As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!

South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".

In 1991, Sony and Nintendo were building a console together. Then Nintendo secretly cut a deal with Philips and announced it the morning after Sony revealed their partnership at CES. Sony engineer Ken Kutaragi pushed to build a console anyway. Sony's president backed him. Nintendo tried to humiliate Sony. Sony answered with PlayStation.

A 91-year-old woman in Westlake, Ohio missed her daily welfare check-in calls on April 9, 2026, prompting police to enter her home. They found her safe - completely absorbed in trying to beat her record level in Bubble Pop.

A Nintendo Game Boy survived a barracks bombing in the 1991 Gulf War. The front was charred and the A and B buttons melted - but Army medic Stephan Scoggins shipped the wreck to Nintendo, and technicians heard the startup chime plugging in Tetris. It still worked. Nintendo replaced his unit and displayed the original at their New York store. They quietly retired it in 2023 - over 30 years later.