
WaterCoolerGames writes: The 1975 film Death Race 2000 inspired the 1976 arcade game Death Race, by Exidy. In the game, players tried to run over abstract figures meant to represent "gremlins" with an equally abstract car. The game sparked the first major media controversy around videogames and violence.

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.