Tell Me Something I Don't Know...what really? Didn't know that...

[SalamanderJoe]

A very random thread idea that could work. Widen each other's gaming knowledge Escapiees with interesting, funny, but true facts. Retro or recent. We'll give it a whirl. If it doesn't work we'll let the thread slide into obscurity.

My random fact: Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII has a belly button piercing. Just noticed it.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Tails full name is Miles 'Tails' Prower...

Some people might not know that...

 

[SimuLord]

The greatest argument against unfettered Randian capitalism isn't Bioshock. It's Capitalism II---it's entirely possible to get $7 a can for soup if you play the game right.

 

[manythings]

Donkey Kong came about because Shigeru miyamoto was too lazy to make a new game so he just changed the look of the characters. They were Popeye (Mario), Olive Oyl (Princess Peach) and Bluto (Donkey Kong) but the company that held the rights said "Video based gaming? Piffle!".

 

[migo]

Kirby is a round pillow because that's what they used as a stand in during development, and everyone became attached to it.

Sega's original Mario killer was going to be Ristar, but Sonic was developed instead. Fortunately, Ristar still was made as a game.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Anything in Mass Effect that makes the game world feel big (exploration of planets and collecting minerals, flying around solar systems, a bajillion different alien races, multiple dialogue options) was essentially ripped off from Star Control 2. This Isn't nitpicky fanboy stuff either. I truly love Mass Effect, but it is very blatant about where those ideas came from. For those of you who haven't played Star Control 2, yell at your Mom for not buying you that super awesome Panasonic 3DO when you were little.

 

[Fenring]

Dead Space started as System Shock 3.

 

[Theron Julius]

That the number of Spartan-IIs is unknown due to contradicting canon and that John-117 was not the last Spartan, simply the last Spartan known to be in action.

 

[DSK-]

"I once open mouth kissed a horse once. That's something you don't know".

 

[Sacman]

The Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic games are considered non cannon because they contradict the universe that the comics created...

 

[enzilewulf]

Spartan 117 is also know as Seara 117 in one of the Halo 3 missions. (What? Its true.)

 

[DarkHuntress]

That there is speculation the world will end in 2012 so play all the games you can now.

 

[Furious Styles]

The winners of the football world cups in order and all the top scorers I know
1930- Uruguay- Guillermo Stabile
1934- Italy
1938- Italy
1950- Uruguay
1954- West germany- Sandor Kocsis
1958- Brazil- Just Fontaine
1962- Brazil- Garrincha (shared)
1966- England- Eusebio
1970- Brazil- Gert Muller
1974- West Germany
1978- Argentina- Mario Kempes
1982- Italy- Paolo Rossi
1986- Argentina- Gary Lineker
1990- West Germany- Salvatore Schilacci
1994- Brazil- Hristo Stoichkov (& Oleg Salenko)
1998- France- Davor Suker
2002- Brazil- Ronaldo
2006- Italy- Miroslav Klose
2010- Spain- Thomas Muller

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Sega's original Mario killer was going to be Ristar, but Sonic was developed instead. Fortunately, Ristar still was made as a game.

Huh. I always thought they pegged that hope on Alex Kidd.

 

[Faceless Warden]

How do you know if you don't know something if that something you don't know you didn't know in the first place?

 

[googleit6]

I think Link is left handed. That's pretty nifty, if I do say so myself.

 

[Durxom]

Cloud and Lightning of Final Fantasy fame, are a lot more alike then just having sky-based names

Spoiler

 

[steampunk42]

there is NOT a person hanging themselves in the wizard of oz...its an urban legend and the movement you see in the background is actually just a large bird that was on set during the shooting

 

[Altorin]

The "Memorize spells earlier in the day to cast them later" used in Dungeons and Dragons and some other systems which have copied Dungeons and Dragons is called "Vancian Spellcasting" named after Jack Vance's Dying Earth novel series, where that style of casting is thought to have originated