Random, Useless, and Interesting Facts

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Some days when I'm really bored, I like to just blow my mind by reading random but interesting facts about my favorite video games. This is when I turn to my favorite source, didyouknowgaming.com, which is a tumblr that provides a lot of those mind blowing facts. I often find myself saying "Really?!?" and "No freaking way!" every time I go on there.

I wanted to share some of these facts since they're so interesting. So put on a good hat and sit back while your mind is blown across the room!

Top 5 "Did You Know Gaming" Facts

5. Peter Link Pan and Technoforce

These two facts sort of go together since they're from the same interview. Now let's take a minute and think this over. Link is Peter Pan. After hearing that, I can now totally see the similarities between the two! Green clothes, pointy green hat, fairy friend, surrounded by children who never age. If only you could fly in Ocarina. Also, the Triforce was going to be powered by science, not magic. The origin of Link's name is no big surprise, but science?!? Where's the fun in that? However, the more recent Zelda games (Skyward Sword especially) have been delving deeper into a more technologically advanced Universe, so it's not all that bad.

4. Parasitic Pokemon

What's that? Pokemon is completely harmless and totally appropriate for children? HA! No matter what you think, this is actually pretty disturbing. This little Pokemon is killed by that fungus and then its body is controlled by it. I know, I know. This happens all the time in nature and is perfectly normal, but that doesn't make it any less creepy! I mean, just look at those eyes! They were so full of life when it was a Paras, but now they're just dead. When your Paras evolves, it dies! Now I'm sorry if this all sounds preachy and PITA-ish, but honestly, I'm just really disturbed.

3. Mario the Murderer and Polish Word of the Day

Yeah that's right! All that time you were murdering every single citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom. Every block you hit ended another innocent life! Makes me wonder about the blocks that gave you mushrooms and stars. Were those mushrooms their heads? Did you devour their heads in order to gain size? That's just wrong and morbid! Anyway, I actually have a little fact of my own. There's a Polish word "kupa." Being Polish, I grew up saying this word, so when I first heard about the Koopas and King Koopa, it really confused me! Kupa means "pile" as in "pile o' shit!" So King Koopa is King Shit! Enjoy that for a while.

2. Metroid Predicts Future

You know, I actually lost my GameCube a long time ago. I was wondering where it went! Apparently it got stuck in some exhaust fans. Released only a year after the GameCube's launch, this game actually predicts the future of today! The GameCube is now considered an obsolete console with no new games released for it. Since the Wii can play GameCube games, the system is pretty much useless! It's just more rubbish clogging our exhaust fans. Now don't get me wrong, I actually love the GameCube  I loved a lot of the games, I loved holding that controller...hell! it was the first system I actually personally owned! It's just a shame it's been overshadowed.

1. The Towers Have Meaning

You have to admit, this is pretty damn interesting! All this time I thought they were just random, oddly shaped towers. I never noticed how they would either increase in size or height. This is just a really clever way of reading your memory card and telling you what's up with it! It makes sense too. How many of us actually pay attention  to splash screens while we wait for our game to load? We're too eager to finally get started to notice this rather subtle albeit interesting programming. Next time you turn on your PS2, make sure to actually count the number of towers there are. Also try to guess which one represents the game you've played the most. It's like a little game within a game. Clever and cute and mind-blowing!

If you liked these, check out the actual website. Now I'm not trying to sell this site or something, it's just an interesting little thing to do when you're bored! So go learn more random and useless video game facts!