Diaosi: History and Key Facts
Diaosi (Chinese: 屌丝; pinyin: Diǎo Sī; lit.
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Vertically scrolling video game: History and Key Facts
A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective, while the background scrolls from the t
Revisionist History (podcast): History and Key Facts
Revisionist History is a podcast by Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell, produced by Gladwell's company Pushkin Industries.
Everdell: History and Key Facts
Everdell is a board game for 1 to 4 players (or 1 to 6 players with expansions) designed by James Wilson and published by Starling Games in 2018.
Dogecoin: History and Key Facts
Dogecoin ( DOHJ-koyn or DOHZH-koyn, Abbreviation: DOGE; sign: Ð) is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a jok
Yellow paint in video games: History and Key Facts
In video game design, yellow paint (also the subject of the yellow paint debate or discourse) is the use of clearly visible markers in level design to hint to players where to go or what to do, s
Affinity space: History and Key Facts
An affinity space is a place where learning happens.
Game For Fame: History and Key Facts
Game for Fame is a party board game in which 4-16 players cooperate with and compete against their teammates in a number of physical challenges to earn money.
Doogtoons: History and Key Facts
Doogtoons is a production studio founded and headed by Doug Bresler, best known for its series of "animated celebrity interviews" on the internet.
Kurzgesagt: Biography and Background
Kurzgesagt (, ; German for "In a nutshell", "in short", or literally "shortly said"; German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt͡sɡəˌzaːkt]) is a German animation and design studio founded by Philipp Dettmer.
Unfinished: Deep South: History and Key Facts
Unfinished: Deep South is a podcast that investigates the unsolved murder of Isadore Banks, one of the wealthiest African-Americans on the Arkansas Delta.
Lusory attitude: History and Key Facts
Lusory attitude is the psychological attitude required of a player entering into the play of a game.
Procedural rhetoric: History and Key Facts
Procedural rhetoric or simulation rhetoric is a rhetorical concept that explains how people learn through the authorship of rules and processes.
Technology tree: History and Key Facts
In strategy games, a technology, tech, or research tree is a hierarchical visual representation of the possible sequences of upgrades a player can unlock (most typically representing the research
Simultaneous action selection: History and Key Facts
Simultaneous action selection, or SAS, is a game mechanic that occurs when players of a game take action (such as moving their pieces) at the same time.
Akella: History and Key Facts
Akella (Russian: Акелла) was a Russian software company specialising in the development, publishing and distribution of video games and multimedia products.
Emoticon: History and Key Facts
An emoticon (, ə-MOH-tə-kon, rarely , ih-MOTT-ih-kon; portmanteau of emotion and icon) is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers and
Kingdom Builder: History and Key Facts
Kingdom Builder is a strategy board game designed by Donald X.
Exploding whale: History and Key Facts
There have been several cases of natural or intentional explosion of whale carcasses.
Andrew Rakich: Biography and Background
Andrew Rakich (born December 10, 1991) is an American YouTuber, activist, and filmmaker known for creating and hosting the YouTube channel Atun-Shei Films (), which specializes in producing video
Talkhouse: History and Key Facts
Talkhouse is a digital media outlet, online magazine, podcast network and production company created in 2013 by Ian Wheeler and Tim Putnam.
Amanita Design: History and Key Facts
Amanita Design s.r.o.
Femboy: History and Key Facts
Femboy ( ) is a slang term that typically refers to young, male individuals who express themselves with traditionally feminine characteristics, or—in the variant spelling femboi—to young trans me
Janek Rubeš: Biography and Background
Jan Rubeš (born 24 December 1987), better known as Janek Rubeš, is a Czech reporter, documentarist, vlogger, tour guide and director.
Pallanguzhi: History and Key Facts
Pallanguli, or Pallankuli (Tamil: பல்லாங்குழி, romanized: Pallāṅkuḻi, Malayalam: പല്ലാങ്കുഴി, romanized: Pallāṅkuḻi, Kannada: ಅಳಗುಳಿ ಮನೆ, romanized: Alaguli Mane, Telugu: వామన గుంటలు, romanized:
Ambrosia Software: History and Key Facts
Ambrosia Software was a predominantly Macintosh software and gaming company founded in 1993 and located in Rochester, New York, U.S.
Tom Scott (presenter): Biography and Background
Thomas Scott (born 1984 or 1985) is an English presenter, podcaster, YouTuber, and former web developer.
Planetarium (board game): History and Key Facts
Planetarium is a strategy board game designed by Stéphane Vachon.
American Game Cartridges: History and Key Facts
American Game Cartridges (AGC) was an American video game developer and publisher established as a subsidiary of ShareData in 1990.
Witchpolice: History and Key Facts
Witchpolice is a music archive and weekly musician interview podcast first established in 2009.
Michael Stevens (educator): Biography and Background
Michael David Stevens (born January 23, 1986) is an American educator, public speaker, entertainer, and editor best known for creating and hosting the education YouTube channel Vsauce.
Flash mob: History and Key Facts
A flash mob (or flashmob) is a group of people that assembles suddenly in a public place, performs for a brief time, then quickly disperses, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and/o
Food challenge: History and Key Facts
Food challenges, such as the gallon challenge or the saltine cracker challenge, are specific challenges or competitions involving food.
Gary Stevenson (campaigner): Biography and Background
Gary Walter Stevenson (born 1986) is a British YouTuber, author, and former financial trader known for his economic commentary and activism against economic inequality.
Anino Games: History and Key Facts
Anino Games is a Philippine third-party game developer for different platforms founded by Niel Nagondon who is often acknowledged as the pioneer of the gaming industry in the Philippines.
Front-facing camera comedy: History and Key Facts
Front-facing camera comedy is a comedic genre filmed on the front-facing camera of smartphones in which performers deliver in-character monologues while directly facing the camera, sometimes play
From stability to prosperity: History and Key Facts
From stability to prosperity (Chinese: 由治及興) is a neologism coined by Xi Jinping and the government of Hong Kong in 2022 after the pass of the national security law.
Sygo: History and Key Facts
Sygo is a two player abstract strategy game created in 2010 by Christian Freeling.
Arcen Games: History and Key Facts
Arcen Games is a small video game company founded in 2009 by Chris McElligott Park.
Tessera lusoria: History and Key Facts
The term tessera lusoria (plural: tesserae lusoriae), is a modern archaeological name coined by Christian Hülsen in 1896, to denote a collection of tokens made of flattened bone or ivory and char