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1 December 30, 2008 1,589
2 July 18, 2009 2,200
3 December 15, 2009 2,100
4 December 17, 2009 905
5 December 19, 2009 3,300
6 December 22, 2009 5,600
7 February 25, 2010 1,200
8 March 3, 2010 1,300
10 June 14, 2010 115
11 June 17, 2010 1,400
12 June 17, 2010 3,400
13 June 21, 2010 1,800
14 June 28, 2010 1,400
15
  • ... that Hot Potato tasks the player with navigating a bus through roads filled with alien potato beings?
July 3, 2010 1,300
16 July 7, 2010 Data unavailable
17
  • ... that video game critics were confused by the presentation of the game Battle Tag at Ubisoft's E3 2010 press conference?
July 10, 2010 Data unavailable
19
  • ... that the plot of Pac-Man Pinball Advance focuses on the kidnapping of all the residents of Pac-Land by the four ghosts Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde?
July 13, 2010 1,700
20 July 14, 2010 1,400
22
  • ... that IGN's Craig Harris stated that Urban Yeti! felt like it was produced by a few guys down in someone's basement?
August 13, 2010 4,806
23 August 25, 2010 3,400
24 August 27, 2010 4,000
25 August 31, 2010 4,400
27 September 22, 2010 908
28 September 25, 2010 957
29 October 1, 2010 6,300
30 December 17, 2010 2,400
31 January 19, 2011 1,300
32 January 28, 2011 4,200
33 February 5, 2011 1,000
35 February 21, 2011 1,600
36 March 16, 2011 1,600
37 February 19, 2012 1,722
38 February 25, 2012 2,861
39-43 June 9, 2012 685+607+315+321+504=2,432
45 July 24, 2012 506
46 July 28, 2012 1,150
47 August 12, 2014 454+711=1154
48 September 1, 2014 2165
49 September 9, 2015 2342
50 September 11, 2015 2230
51
  • ... ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from Lindsay Lohan would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game Herbie: Fully Loaded?
September 5, 2017 3,415
52 January 29, 2018 4,125
53 March 2, 2018 4,707
54
  • ... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the co-founders discovered at a liquor shop?
March 5, 2018 7,986
55
  • ... that Florence shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle minigame, which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable?"
April 16, 2018 8,300
56 April 21, 2018 379
57 May 1, 2018 1,392
58
  • ... that while one reviewer could not get past the second level of Army Men: Operation Green, another felt the game would only take a few hours to beat?
May 12, 2018 1,820
59 May 13, 2018 1,763
60
  • ... that 9:05 takes only five minutes to finish?
June 18, 2018 9,524
61 June 21, 2018 6,187
62 June 28, 2018 2,556
63 July 31, 2018 3,848
64
  • ... that the role-playing video game Kenshi was inspired by stories of wandering rōnin, and the idea of a survivor traveling a wasteland?
February 8, 2019 4,664
66 May 24, 2020 1,741
67
  • ... that a large sign announcing the winner of the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico special election appeared three hours before the meeting to select him had started?
July 26, 2020 2,221
68
  • ... that the publisher of Redshirt suggested adding a sci-fi theme when the social-media simulation game was initially pitched?
August 28, 2020 5,848
69
  • ... that the developer of The Stillness of the Wind was inspired to make the video game after fantasizing with his girlfriend about raising goats instead of living in London?
July 26, 2021 4,787
70 November 25, 2021 5,770
71
  • ... that development on the video game Expeditions: Rome was not affected by lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic because the developer was already split between Copenhagen and Istanbul?
February 5, 2022 4,260
72
  • ... that the developer Jack King-Spooner claimed that the people of Beeswing seemed to be supportive of his creation of his semi-autobiographical indie game Beeswing?
March 12, 2022 2,070
73
  • ... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the gig economy?
September 10, 2022 3,689
74
  • ... that Terra Invicta's development company is a group of former volunteer video game modders that decided to release their own game after the success of their mod?
November 11, 2022 4,931
75 December 9, 2022 5,695
76 March 15, 2023 3,597
77 March 17, 2023 2,899
78
  • ... that the developers of Jikandia: The Timeless Land wanted to make a game that could be finished in the time of a normal Japanese train commute?
March 23, 2023 3,672
79
  • ... that the game designer of the video game Hades said that the characters were attractive "because Jen Zee"?
April 2, 2023 12,834
80 April 12, 2023 5,517
81
  • ... that a filing for a temporary restraining order to stop the release of Get Up and Dance in the United States by the publisher of the Just Dance series was denied?
April 16, 2023 4,730
82 May 5, 2023 2,467
83
  • ... that one reviewer said that her favorite part of Cassette Beasts was that it is not "forced to cater to younger children", unlike Pokémon?
May 12, 2023 11,875
84
  • ... that one reviewer said that players should try using a guitar controller with Fret Nice "to gain a new appreciation for a traditional controller"?
May 14, 2023 3,266
85 May 15, 2023 7,232
86
  • ... that one critic called Patrician IV a "very dry affair"?
June 3, 2023 6,987
87 June 24, 2024 5,737