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The inquest found his death was likely criminal, although a Metropolitan Police investigation later found that it was likely an accident. [72] The 20 passengers and crew of a Filair Let L-410: 25 August 2010: 20 passengers and crew of a Let L-410 Turbolet were killed in a crash resulting from an escaped crocodile in the Democratic Republic of ...
The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality .
7 April 1498: The French king died as a result of striking his head on the lintel of a door while on his way to watch a game of real tennis. [16]: 105 [79] [80] Victims of the 1518 dancing plague: July 1518: Several people died of either heart attacks, strokes or exhaustion during a dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (Holy Roman ...
New details have emerged about what might have caused the death of a Wisconsin college gymnast. Brooke Baures, 21, was found death Monday night in a dumbwaiter, a small elevator used to carry food ...
Video game play is frequently associated with obesity. Many studies have been conducted on the link between television & video games and increased BMI (Body Mass Index). Due to video games replacing physical activities, there appears to be a clear association between time spent playing video games and increased BMI in young children. [30]
Video game consoles had reached the 16-bit era with the ability to support higher resolution graphics. Alongside this, video games had started to draw older players, creating a market for games with more mature content, both on home consoles and in arcades. [2] During this period, two key players were Nintendo and Sega.
The new law clarified some articles of 3037/2002 but still banned video games in internet cafés and computer software which deleted or encrypted files on hard disks of computers owned by Internet cafés. The Greek police raided Internet cafes in Larissa on January 14, 2004, as reported by Eleftherotypia newspaper.
[24] [25] [26] E.T. is commonly cited, alongside Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, as the catalyst for a crash of the video game industry in 1983, as Atari had hoped that brand loyalty would help keep consumers buying their games regardless of quality. [26] [27] E.T. was universally panned by critics, with nearly every aspect of the game facing heavy ...