Video Games
I found a few links on the history of video games via the We Make Money Not Art blog that I read. In particular, The Dot Eaters is full of interesting little facts. Like Pac-Man originally being named Puckman. The name was changed when the game came to America to avoid vandalism that would likely change the 'P' to an 'F'. Or that Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company (the site also gives more detail on Nintendo's early business successes with Disney). The other site is a timeline that has a nice concise overview of things in addition to some tasty facts of its own. Like Sega originally being named "Services and Games", a company that imported pinball machines from U.S. to military bases in Japan. Both pages make for some interesting reading if you don't consider such things a waste.
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