Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008

[juvefc417]

As the title reads its a Guinness book for video games. which i just found about like 5 mintues ago, and i was wondering if anybody knew if i could read this online instead of having to buy it.

Here are some of the records that are included in the book.

* Halo 3 as the Highest Grossing Game In One Day generating $170 million worth of first day sales in the U.S. alone
* Fastest Completion Time For A Game Of Super Mario Bros., an astounding five minutes flat.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zZ2ceSc_TE




here is a link to the official website. it has some records but not a complete list
http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/default.aspx


and this one to show some of the pages in the book
http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=rdpwf

[ADHD]

FIRST CONSOLE IN A NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONSPIRACY
In December 2000, it was reported that the FBI and US Customs were investigating the shipment of up to 4,000 PlayStation 2 consoles to Iraq. As they were designated video game systems, rather than hardware, it was rumoured that this allowed Saddam Hussein to avoid UN sanctions prohibiting the sale of computer hardware to Iraq. It was speculated that the consoles could be adapted for use as guidance systems for long-range missiles.

100 YEARS OF NINTENDO
Nintendo was originally created to manufacture playing cards way back in 1889.


weird but cool facts

[BonGMaN]

i might have to pick this up ;-D

[Tha Bean]

propped. good read

nevermind i gotta spread. ill getcha though