Lara Croft is an English aristocrat, the Countess of Abbingdon.
Donkey Kong was meant to feature characters from Popeye but Nintendo lost the license and so created their own characters instead.
With over 180 million copies sold and 112 million monthly users, Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time.
Surprisingly, the average age of the video gamer is 31 and increasing.
Released in 1993, Super Mario Bros. was the first in a long line of video games that ended up on the big screen.
Sega originally planned on making Sonic a rabbit who could throw things with his ears.
Tetris, a puzzle video game, was played in space by a Russian cosmonaut in 1993.
In the early 80s, Spade Invaders caused moral panic as (mostly false) stories emerged around the world of people stealing to fund their addiction to the game.
Tennis For Two was invented in 1958 to amuse guests at a government research facility in New York.
Irish rockers U2 used video footage of Tomb Raider's Lara Croft during their 1997 Pop Mart tour.