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A gaming session lasted for 138 hours
From July 11 to July 17, 2015, American Carrie Swidecki set a video game playing world record. Carrie spent 138 hours and 34 seconds playing Just Dance at Otto’s Video Games in Bakersfield, California
The overworld in Minecraft is over nine million times larger than the Earth’s surface area
The Minecraft surface area is 9,258,235 times larger than that of the Earth. The scale of the game suits this narrative since the purpose of it is to generate unlimited possibilities
Sega originally intended to create Sonic as an armadillo while creating the character’s original design idea. Soon after, the image shifted between a dog, a mustached man, and a porcupine.
Lil Poison became the youngest professional video gamer ever at 11
At 11 years old, Victor De Leon III, also known as Lil Poison, is the world’s youngest professional video gamer. After agreeing to an exclusive contract with the video game firm Major League Gaming, he obtained the status
The only hybrid console available commercially is the Nintendo Switch
Contrary to technological advances, several developers have yet to duplicate Nintendo’s charm. Since its debut in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has been the only hybrid console so far to be marketed commercially
The most popular gaming console is the PlayStation 2
The most popular gaming system ever sold was the PlayStation 2! It achieved a total of $155 million at the final sales data point for 2012. It ought to have surpassed that amount by this point
The Gameboy introduced video games to space
The first game ever played in space was Tetris on the Gameboy in 1993. It arrived on board the MIR Space Station’s Soyuz TM-17 rocket. Serebrov A. Aleksandr, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first to use it.
Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time
Right now, Minecraft is the most popular game ever. Marcus Alexej Persson, often known as Notch, who created it, reported more than $180 million in sales. The most popular game across all platforms is still this one
The very worst game ever is E.T. the Extraterrestrial by Atari
Atari committed a grave error by publishing a game called E.T. the Extraterrestrial in 1982. The game was so terrible that many people believe it to be the worst video game ever. According to urban legend, the business was forced to bury the game’s unsold inventory in the desert. When a documentary team dug them out, they were discovered to be a real “myth.” But it is a very different tale
An American Man Weds a Video Game Character in Japan
A 27-year-old Japanese guy elevated his passion for video gaming to a new level in 2009. He became the first known gamer to wed the video game character Nene Anegasaki (of Love Plus-Nintendo DS) through a Livestream
