FIRST WESTERN GAME

The first western-developed 

Xbox 360 

game to break into the top 10 of the 

Japanese game chart was 

Gears of War

It made its debut at number seven after selling 33,000 copies. 

XBOX >>> DIRECTXBOX

The Xbox 

was originally named 

DirectXbox, 

as it was initially designed to show how

 Microsoft's Direct X graphics technology 

could benefit the console market.

WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY

The Oscar-winning actor 

Marlon Brando 

recorded dialogue 

for 

EA's game Godfather 

shortly before he died, 

but it was deemed unusable due to the bloated thesp's ageing, mumble voice. 

Instead, they hired in a sound-alike. 

AWFUL GAME VS FAMOUS GAME

The famously awful E.T. game for the 

Atari 2600 

actually sold more than 

its most famous game, 

Space Invaders. 

E.T. sold 1.5 million, while Invaders shifted only a  million.

LONGEST MONOPOLY EVER

The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, that's make 70 straight days.

Monopoly is a popular board game created in the 

early 20th century.

LEON"S JACKET DISAPPEARS IN RESIDENT EVIL 4

 Ever wondered what happens to 

Leon's cool leather jacket 

in

 Resident Evil 4? 

It is disappears after the scene in the village. 

Well, on the PS2 version, 

go through Ada's side-quest 

"THE ANOTHER ORDER" 

and you will find that one of the villager is wearing it.

WANNA PLAY BEST FIRST MOVE

There are 

170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 

way to play the first 10 opening moves of chess.

STORY OF DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES >>>>

The Original Devil May Cry 

was originally intended to be the next chapter in 

the Resident Evil series. 

The gun juggle move was a glitch, but it 

became part of 

Dante's move set.

TRICK OF A WICK

The wick of a trick candle has small amounts of magnesium in them. When you light the candle, you are also lighting the magnesium. When someone tries to blow out the flame, the magnesium inside the wick continues to burn and, in just a split second (or two or three), relights the wick.

WHO WILL BOUNCE HIGHER ???

A ball of glass will 

bounce higher 

than a ball of rubber. 

A ball of solid steel will 

bounce higher 

than one made entirely of glass.

ESCAPE BY PLAYING CARD

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

THE KINGS OF DECK

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

CHECKMATE

The word "checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah-Mat," which means the king is dead

JENGA

The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning "to build."