Nope, I was 12 years old (1993) when Mortal Kombat made Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut) started his anti-violence in games/media crusade. I followed this case very closely for someone that age thinking about freedom of expression being trampled on by that short, bald, angry little man. Night Trap was also a…

Except the Video Game Hall of Fame is not a joke though. And all these games were inducted. And people really do believe that Doom was the first violent video game. And pardon, most publications that really aren't video game centric, so if they are indeed being derisive as you say then ok. But if you say so.

That was the original because it was recorded in 1981, released in December 81, didn't even reach #9 on the Billboard Chart until March 1982. Pac Man was because his creator Toru Iwatani based the design on a pizza without a slice. Also the arcade game debut in Japan on July 22, 1980, and it was licensed for US…

Not sure if serious, but will act as if you are.

Correct, Donkey Kong came before Super Mario Bros. though in DK Mario wasn't the main, not exactly. In Donkey Kong he was known as Jumpman. Officially as a character Mario (and Luigi) didn't exist until Mario Bros. of which SMB could be best described a spinoff of that.

Pac-Man Fever was inspired by the Pac-Man(game) not the other way around. Also, Doom was not the first violent video game not by a long shot, it's just the most well known. Wolfenstein 3D wasn't the first one either, but it was the first one to feature 'violence that looked like violence' so to speak. Wolfenstein was…