RETRO HISTORY
This game is thought to be the first video game created.
Pong
Created in 1903, this board game was intended to be used to explain the single-tax theory of Henry George.
Monopoly
This popular Animal Crossing Character can only be seen once you hit a certain star rating in Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons
K.K. Slider
This dateable character from Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator was confirmed to be trans by game devs after speculation over in-game dialogue.
Damien Bloodmarch
This adventure game couple's story received a complete rework in a 2023 live-action adaptation.
Bill and Frank (The Last of Us)
This gothic video game franchise debuted in 1986 with Simon Belmont as the protagonist. Simon was a member of the Belmont clan, a family of vampire hunters.
Castlevania
Originally marketed as a dating game this board game is commonly used in the plot of horror movies.
Ouija Board
This character, considered one Sony's early Mascots, saw their debut in hit 2008 platformer "Little Big Planet"
Sackboy
In 2022 this horror game character became the first of his franchise to be confirmed as gay with a special storyline and in-game cosmetics.
David King
This anime features characters who get stuck inside a VR MMO and are forced to beat the game to regain their freedom.
Sword Art Online
This is the order of commands for the famous KONAMI code
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START
Canadian historian Wardhaugh is known for having hosted the longest uninterrupted session of this famous tabletop game that has been ongoing for over 40 years.
Dungeons & Dragons
This is the princess Mario rescues in Nintendo Gameboy's "Super Mario Land" (1989)
Daisy
This Nintendo character is widely considered to be the first transgender character in a video game.
Birdo (Cathrine)
In Pokemon: The First Movie many viewers were left crying after the protagonist Ash was turned into stone because of the fight between these two pokemon.
Mew and Mewtwo
"Korobeiniki," a folk song about a peddler and a girl haggling over the price of goods, is best known outside Russia as the theme music for this video game.
Tetris
In 2017 the creators of this tabletop game mailed thousands of potatoes to Sen. Ron Johnson after he refused to hold a town hall on healthcare.
Cards Against Humanity
This video game franchise debuted in 2001 as a hybrid real-time strategy and puzzle video game centered on part-collecting for a crashed rocket ship with the help of these plant-animal hybrids.
Pikmin
This sapphic hero goes by the call sign "Tracer" and is the poster girl of the Overwatch franchise.
Lena Oxton
This popular board game was made into a sci-fi movie with an extraterrestrial twist in 2012
Battleship
This is the video game that originated "all your base are belong to us".
Zero Wing
Originating in China, this board game is thought to be one of the oldest board games still being played today.
Go (Weiqi)
This beloved puzzle game NPC is rumored to have a dark history based on a viral 2013 Game Theory video.
The Weighted Companion Cube
In Detroit: Become Human the player is given the choice to spare or eliminate this sapphic couple of androids.
The Blue-Haired and Brown-Haired Traci
Despite overwhelmingly negative reviews, this popular horror game franchise's six-film live-action series grossed over $1.2 billion.
Resident Evil