http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/video-game-myths-fact-or-fiction-/1182040
CHRIS: "Games can influence people's ideas and perception of the world by generating urban legends and conspiracy theories, i.e. stories. Also, interesting notes on Miyamoto, "Final" Fantasy, and people dying from playing games."
ME: See the article for a Mythbusters-style approach to the following video game legends:
1. Nintendo's classic arcade game Donkey Kong was actually a mistranslation. It should have been called Monkey Kong.
2. Saddam Hussein purchased thousands of Playstation 2s to build military supercomputers.
3. Sony first developed the Playstation for Nintendo.
4. Million of Atari games [sic] are buried in the New Mexico desert.
5. In the early 80's, the military released a subversive arcade game that caused its players to suffer terrible nightmares, nausea and amnesia.
6. A man died by playing video games nonstop.
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