Today's Dippit!

Joke of the Day

What do you call it when Spider-Man is involved in a love triangle? A tangled web.

Video Game Quote of the Day

"Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer."

Javik, Mass Effect 3

Video Game Trivia

Americans once spent US$20 billion on arcades in one year.

The American obsession with arcade games peaked in 1981. Time magazine reported that in the year alone, Americans spent 20 billion dollars’ worth of quarters on arcade games – which was twice the income of every casino in Nevada combined.

Comic Book Trivia

The One

The Flash we see in the Justice Society of America is actually a different version of The Flash than we would get later in The Justice League. Nowadays, comic book reboots are somewhat common. The Marvel Universe got rebooted with its Ultimate comics, while DC has the New 52 and Rebirth.

The Flash actually marks the first reboot in superhero comics. In 1956, the Jay Garrick Flash from the Golden Age became Barry Allen of the Silver Age. He’s the most popular one to comic readers, as featured in The Flash TV show.

In Allen’s world, Jay Garrick was a fictional character. Allen’s powers later result in him accidentally going to another dimension and meeting Garrick, which introduced the DC Multiverse.