In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.
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45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18 are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
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CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart".
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On eBay, there are an average of $680 worth of transactions each second.
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The four ghosts in Pac-Man are programmed to act differently: red chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to ambush you and orange is random.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!
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