video-games - Trivia, Quizzes, and Brain Teasers

From watching movies to browsing Facebook, today's video game consoles have a host of hidden benefits.

Animal Crossing is one of the video game giant's quirkier franchises, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a worldwide hit.

Though the two could not be more opposite, there are some surprising connections between 'Silent Hill' and 'Kindergarten Cop.'

There's a lot more to this early arcade hit than just the colorful platform gameplay.

Classrooms didn't have computer monitors when the game debuted in 1971, so kids had to use more of their imagination when shooting deer or succumbing to typhoid fever.

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Find out the story behind one of the most influential arcade games of the industry's early years.

After playing a puzzle video game, older adults with hearing loss were able to distinguish 25 percent more words in noisy environments.

Defining soup is harder than it sounds.

These would-be video game mascots fell just a bit short of competing with Mario and Sonic for icon status.

It's the latest retro console to get a nostalgia-fueled makeover.

The console had a rudimentary version of downloadable content, gave birth to basic 3D graphics, inadvertently created the PlayStation, and probably turned yellow.

The NES Classic helped take the veil off a subculture of retro gamers who make their own classics, buy clone consoles, and know when a vintage side-scroller has the wrong frame rate.

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As we now know, 'Pac-Man' was a massive hit, and its grip on pop culture is still strong today. But 'Pac-Man's success was far from certain; its designer initially had no interest in games, and the public reaction to it was initially mixed.

The rare, early version of the game had been sitting in someone's office for years.

Bill Nye and Neil Gaiman are also involved in the project.

From cooking shows to sketch comedies, these popular TV shows were the subject of some unlikely video games.

They work crazy long hours—but they might get to meet their heroes.

It's a far cry from the immersive video game experiences of today, and it took a nuclear physicist to assemble, but 'Tennis for Two' was a milestone in gaming history.