Nerdy Trivia: September 12, 2025

The first video game was literally just two white lines hitting a square back and forth, and somehow that was peak entertainment for an entire generation. Now games have storylines more complex than Hollywood blockbusters and graphics so realistic you forget you're not watching a movie. And yet, I still find myself going back to play Tetris because sometimes the simplest ideas are the most fun (and addictive)!

The early days of arcade gaming were spent getting used to the idea that you could control things on a screen with a paddle or joystick. Pong had people bouncing a square ball back and forth, and early games like Computer Space required you to master a handful of buttons just to make your spaceship move around. Which game became the first to let players grip an actual steering wheel?

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44 years ago TODAY, Spider-Man swung back into TV screens when "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" premiered in 1981! It wasn't the first time we saw Spider-Man on screen, and it was decades after we first saw him pop up in comics, but the Spider-Friends trio were definitely iconic!

If you've ever seen a baby llama, you know they're basically all ears and legs held together by fluff and determination. These South American bundles of joy have been stealing hearts since the Inca Empire, but their name has a special meaning. So what exactly do you call these adorable cotton, err... wool balls?

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