Video games engulf our very core with gameplay that mystifies us, stories that thrill and amaze us and characters that live forever in our memory. There are so many small hidden stories and facts behind all the games that we have enjoyed and cherished. Let's look at some of them:

If you ever pitied Rockstar's GTA for getting all the negative reviews, you can save your pity. Because Rockstar games paid to get negative press for its GTA series.

The highly successful FPS state of decay was developed by a team who had never previously worked for any video games. 8 of 10 of its developers were totally inexperienced in the art of making video games.

According to Toru Iwatwani, the creator of Pac-Man, he wanted to create a game that will attract women to play it. And the reason he chose Pac-man as always eating something was because he thought the women were always eating something. Source

Robin Willams (famous Hollywood star) is a big fan of video games, so much so that he has named his kids after the character of popular video games - Zelda (The legend of Zelda) and Cody (Final Fight).