David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games, wrote the screenplay for the movie X-Men.

Max Payne’s face is modelled on the face of Sam Lake, who wrote the game’s story and script.

In Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, one of the levels contains pizza boxes sporting Danish text that translates to “Real pizza with shit on it.”

Fable: The Lost Chapters features Peter Molyneux’s gravestone.

When the mazes in the second quest of Zelda are put together, they spell "ZELDA".

The first ever videogame Easter egg is considered to be that found in Adventure for Atari 2600, where the player could access a room displaying the name of the game’s creator.

There are 504 pieces of character equipment in Final Fantasy X on PS2.

The first ever product released by Sony was a rice cooker

In the original arcade Donkey Kong game, Mario was called Jumpman and he was a carpenter, not a plumber.

Nintendo has never given Mario an official surname, even though ‘Mario Bros.’ suggests that it’s Mario Mario.

A game of Animal Crossing on GameCube can last up to 29 real-time years, potentially.

Possessing a copy of Manhunt in New Zealand is a criminal offence.