eSports
This sports announcer is arguably more famous now for the fact that his name is featured on one of Electronic Arts popular sports franchises
John Madden
Link is the main character of this franchise, although confusingly, not the titular character.
Legend of Zelda
This Massively Multiplayer Online Game was set in the fictional world of Azeroth, and ate up my real world sophomore year of college.
This Blue Hedgehog was the main character of Sega's flagship franchise
Sonic the Hedgehog
This character was named after the studios landlord after a rent dispute.
Mario
FunPlus Pheonix won this games world championship in 2019, an event watched by over 44 million viewers worldwide.
League of Legends
The Princess in Mario games always had this fruit-y name in Japanese versions, but english speaking audiences only discovered it when they played Mario 64
Peach
This Tabletop Roleplaying Game created by Gary Gygax acts a guideline for most video game RPGs.
Dungeons and Dragons
In Mario Kart, this blue item is given to players to try and cause problems for whoever is currently winning
Gordon Freeman was the main character of this game, named after a concept from Radioactive Decay
Half Life
Billy Mitchell has had his world records for this game removed and readded to score tracking site Twin Galaxies following accusations of cheating and protracted legal action.
Donkey Kong
This franchise features Samus Aran, a female bounty hunter whose gender is only revealed if players could beat the original game in under five hours.
Metroid
Released in 1987 for the NES, this ironically named game was intended to be the last game the studio released before closing, but it's success has led to it's fifteenth mainline game to be released in 2016 and a remake of it's seventh to come out this year.
Final Fantasy
The Blue Bomber is one of the nicknames given to this robot character
Games like PlayerUnknown's Battle Ground and Fortnite are both part of this Genre, named after a 2000 Japanese Movie
Battle Royale
Speed Runner Mitchflowerpower was invited onto The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where he demonstrated his ability to beat this game in under 4 minutes
Super Mario Brothers 3
While you could catch 150 Pokemon in the original Pokemon Red/Blue, this mythical 151st Pokemon was only available if you attended special in person events.
Mew
This Space Opera Roleplaying game follows Commander Shepherd and his battle against the Reapers
Mass Effect
Red vs Blue was a Rooster Teeth web series made up of footage from this games Multiplayer Mode
Halo
Warcraft 3
This Starcraft 2 announcer also hosted the Geek and Sundry show "Spellslingers" in which he would play magic with various celebrities
Sean "Day[9]" Plott
The President of Nintendo of America shares his name with this classic Nintendo Character
Sans and Papyrus
The Blue version of this character can fly whenever it eats a turtle shell
Yoshi
This is the original name for Mt Gox, the online Bitcoin exchange that went out of business following scandal in 2014
Magic the Gathering Online Exchange