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7 Amazing Facts About Gaming

 

Video games engulf our very core with gameplay that mystifies us, stories that thrill and amaze us and characters that live forever in our memory. There are so many small hidden stories and facts behind all the games that we have enjoyed and cherished. Let’s look at some of them:


 

1. The game Sonic Hedgehog has inspired a gene in Human Body called SHH (Sonic Hedgehog). It is responsible for ensuring all our limbs & organs grow where they are supposed to. 



2. In Pokemon Red & Blue, the three renowned birds Arcticuno, Zapdos & Moltres actually means "one two three" in Spanish! Arctic- UNO,  Zap- DOS, Mol- TRES as spelled in Spanish. 


3. So everybody thought that the Video games are actually useless! Here the answer: Studies indicate that Surgeons who regularly play Video Games make 37% fewer mistakes and operate 27% faster than their peers. 


4. If you ever pitied Rockstar's GTA for getting all the negative reviews, you can save your pity. Because Rockstar Games paid to get negative press for its GTA series. 


5. Steve Wozniak's (Apple co-founder) favorite game was Tetris. So much that in 1900s, he submitted his high scores to Nintendo Power  so many times but they refused to print his scores. So he started sending them under another name, "Evets Kainzow" that is reversed of his name.

6. Xbox was originally named as DirectX Box
as a reference to Microsoft's graphic  API, DirectX. 


7All you people out there who have been often ridiculed for playing too many video games, now it’s to time to answer all your critics. Studies have found that playing video games train the person to swiftly take the correct decisions. Video gamers are also found to be better in multitasking, driving and navigating around the streets.


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