Random Facts about Gaming!

[thom_cat_]

Did you know that Hl2 was being made in 2003 and Axel Gembe a hacker penetrated their network and stole the Source engine code, and working versions of CSS and HL1S.
Gembe was caught by the FBI when he was led to believe that Valve wanted to hire him as a security auditor.

 

[iJosh]

Halo was originally being developed as an RTS by Bungie.

Now they have Halo Wars, omg.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Did you know Gordon Freeman's twin brother Grodon Froman has a camp in Halo 3.

 

[RanD00M]

Indeed. That was right before 3, correct?

Yes.Yes it was.

 

[blackfrancis567]

Marcus Fenix from Gears of War is voiced by John DiMaggio, otherwise known as the voice of Bender from Futurama.

Also Smiling Jack from VTM Bloodlines

Did you know Gordon Freeman's twin brother Grodon Froman has a camp in Halo 3.

And there is a reference to him in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky not sure what it was though it's been a while since I played it

 

[LeonLethality]

sonic the hedghog was originaly going to be a rabbit

 

[Ultress]

Not the most original but Luigi's voice is made by speeding up Mario's voice to produce the higher sound.

Also The Hell level of God Of War was the only one not play tested

 

[Crossborder]

Marcus Fenix from Gears of War is voiced by John DiMaggio, otherwise known as the voice of Bender from Futurama.

Also Smiling Jack from VTM Bloodlines

Did you know Gordon Freeman's twin brother Grodon Froman has a camp in Halo 3.

And there is a reference to him in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky not sure what it was though it's been a while since I played it

Yes, you could find him dead named as ''freeman'' and on his PDA there was a note about how he hated his boss and that he had to trade his crowbar in for cans of food.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Did you know Mario's first appearance was on a Donkey Kong game, and his name was Jumpman?

(No relation to Jordan)

That is actually quite well known, what I want to know is, why has Princess Peach been targeted by both a giant monkey AND a demonic turtle?

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Did you know that in the Serious Sam series (the SSs?) there are references to Duke Nukem: Forever? Whenever someone says forever its spelt FOREVER in the subtitles and apparently some guy was going to show up and save the day but its taking him FOREVER!

 

[Christemo]

The name Kratos - as in, God Of War's angry hero - is taken from the Greek word 'cratos', which means power.

there actually was a demigod in Greek Mythology called Cratos, who was the embodiment of strength and courage?

 

[hopeneverdies]

The voice of the announcer for Brawl, is the same announcer for Bill Nye the Science Guy

 

[Christemo]

Cap. Price was a character in COD 2. (WW2)
Cap. Price was also a character in COD 4. (Modern)

They both used the same character models and voice actor.

I found this pretty neat.


EDIT: DAMN IT! Ninj'ad sortof...

he was also in the original CoD, where you had to leave him behind on a german battle cruiser.

 

[Christemo]

each Heroes of Might and Magic game after 1 and 2 (im actually not sure of those two) had 2 sequels released for each game, 1 released each year, followed by the next game in the series the year after.


the last part is not true for HOMM6 however. i doubt that will be released before 010...