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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
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The game currently holds the Guinness World Record for 'Longest Cutscene in a Video Game', clocking in at 71 minutes for a single cutscene.
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person VinchVolt calendar_month September 5, 2013
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Company: Team Shanghai Alice
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Despite the name, Team Shanghai Alice only consists of one member, Jun'ya Ota, who goes by the name "ZUN." He is responsible for the programming, graphics, and soundtracks of the main-series Touhou Project games.
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person TailsFiraga calendar_month September 4, 2013
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Collection: Chessmaster
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Attachment The eponymous old man seen throughout most of the Chessmaster series was played by actor Will Hare. He was perhaps best known for playing 'Old Man Peabody' in the 1985 film Back to the Future. Hare died in 1997 on stage during a rehearsal from a heart attack, at age 81.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 4, 2013
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
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Attachment At the main menu screen, the mounted head of Banjo and the Kazooie umbrella weren't just references to the characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series, but statements made by the developers about their rivalry between the development teams at Rare. The developers would see each other's work and become jealous over the progress that they'd seen.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 4, 2013
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Platform: Xbox 360
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Attachment The most expensive Xbox 360 Kinect sensor peripheral was inspired by pop singer Kylie Minogue and features over 6000 Swarovski crystals and worth $1,242 USD. Designed by PlayBling, it was given out as a prize as part of a promotion by Microsoft and Dance Central in celebration of Kylie Minogue's upcoming European tour.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 4, 2013
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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (2011)
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Attachment In the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition book, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games was recognized as the "First Downloadable Stealth Games Based on a TV Show".
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 3, 2013
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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987)
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Professional boxer Mike Tyson, who the US version of the game is named after, and appears as a fighter in, had never played the game until 2013, 26 years after it was first released, which he did on Fox Sports.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 2, 2013
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
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In the final part of the game when playing with Ellen, she says "I'm an engineer, not a brain surgeon." This is thought to be a reference to Dr. McCoy from Star Trek who would often say "I'm a doctor, not a ____" . Harlan Elisson, one of the game's designers, also sold scripts to many television shows. One of them was Star Trek.
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person pAroxizm calendar_month September 1, 2013
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
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The game was based on the 1967 science-fiction short story of the same name. Harlan Ellison, the short story's author, also worked on this game. Despite not being a fan of computer games and not owning a personal computer at the time, he co-authored the expanded storyline and wrote much of the game's dialogue, all on a mechanical typewriter, provided artwork of himself used for a mousepad within the game, and voiced "AM" the supercomputer.
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person pAroxizm calendar_month September 1, 2013
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Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast (1997)
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The Saturn version was ported in only two months, and was released on the same day as the Genesis version in North America to make up for the cancellation of Sonic X-treme.
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person SonicManEXE calendar_month September 1, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
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In an interview for a Japanese magazine, Hideo Kojima claimed that a 50GB Blu-ray was not sufficient for the game. Apparently, the team had to compress certain parts of the game to get it to fit on the format, and foreign voice tracks were cut completely.
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person Funland47 calendar_month September 1, 2013
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Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version (1996)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Blue Version (Game)
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After Shigeru Miyamoto became Satoshi Tajiri's mentor, Satoshi gave thanks to him by making the default rival name 'Shigeru'. Satoshi made himself the default name for the protagonist. This can be found in the Japanese Generation I Pokemon games.
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person Funland47 calendar_month September 1, 2013
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Company: LucasArts
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Attachment When game designer Tim Schafer applied to work at LucasArts (then Lucasfilm Games), Schafer's resume had stood out because instead of a list of previous jobs and experience, it was a hand-drawn cartoon of how he was picked for the job with his cover letter set out as a text adventure. He had however thought to have blown the phone interview because he had told over the phone that his favorite Lucas game was Ballblaster, which was the original name given to Ballblazer during development that had also been pirated online.
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person KnowledgeBase calendar_month September 1, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
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The AI of the Patriots are named GW, AL, TR, and TJ, after George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson. They are compared by Eva as a "sort of digital Mount Rushmore". The AI core that unites them is JD (John Doe).
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person pAroxizm calendar_month August 31, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)
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There are three unique ashes in Morrowind:
Ashes of G. Lyngas, located in Ravel Ancestral Tomb.
Ashes of Lord Brinne, located in Samarys Ancestral Tomb.
Ashes of D. Bryant, located in Falas Ancestral Tomb.
These three are all dedicated to former regulars at The Elder Scrolls Forums, all of whom passed away during production.
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person Tarhiel calendar_month August 31, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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All main series professors are named after a type of tree.
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person TheUnkownGuyPerson calendar_month August 31, 2013
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000)
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Attachment The location of the level "Hangar" is based on Neversoft president Joel Jewett. Jewett had a mullet hairstyle during the game's development, and he is from Great Falls, Montana. Because of this, the level's location is jokingly named "Mullet Falls, Montana".
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person mrlenny94 calendar_month August 30, 2013
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Assassin's Creed III
Assassin's Creed III (2012)
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Originally, Conner was going to have a Chain Blade, which, according to concept art, was going to act as a long-ranged hidden blade. The weapon was not used as the teams "felt it to be heading down too much of a fantasy route." The chain blade was replaced with the real life Sheng Biao/Rope Dart.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month August 30, 2013
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)
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On Azura's Coast, you can find a dead Redguard NPC called "Arlowe." On his body is a unique weapon called the "BanHammer." This is a reference to Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, site creator of Something Awful, who was sometimes referred to as "R-Low" on the forums. The "BanHammer" was a common euphemism for someone getting banned from the forums.

The reference goes further in the Tribunal expansion. If you have the Mace of Slurring and go to Mournholds Museum of Artifacts, ask curator about the artifact and she will tell you, "It was crafted near the end of the Second Age by Kyanka, a slightly deranged Altmer weaponsmith and enchanter. He had a rather warped sense of humor, and apparently delighted at the thought of reducing opponents to a gibbering mess before crushing them to death."
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person G-Haven calendar_month August 29, 2013
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Franchise: Touhou Project
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In October of 2010, Guiness World Records had recognized Touhou Project as the world's most prolific "fan-made shooter series."
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person TailsFiraga calendar_month August 29, 2013
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