Today's D/L

Joke of the Day

How many i’s does Nick Fury have? Just one.

Video Game Quote of the Day

"Bring me a bucket, and I'll show you a bucket!"

Psycho, Borderlands 2

Video Game Trivia

The earliest “video” game was a shooting game.

The first “Cathode ray tube Amusement Device” was created in 1947 by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. With a radar display technology, it consisted of an analog device that allowed a user to control a vector-drawn dot on the screen to simulate a missile being fired at targets.

Comic Book Trivia

Pesky Copyright, Again

Comic book fans or anyone who’s watched the animated DC shows might remember Captain Marvel. No, not Marvel’s Captain Marvel.

DC has their own Captain Marvel as well. DC began with their own character but stopped making Captain Marvel comics in the 1950s. By the 1960s, the name was up for grabs and Marvel took it. Marvel then used the name for two different characters, the latter of which is finally getting adapted to an upcoming film starring Brie Olson.

In 1972, when DC began producing their Captain Marvel content again, they couldn’t use the original name in their titles or marketing. The character, a child who says the word “Shazam” to be transformed into a being with superpowers, became known as Shazam.

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