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Nerd culture
- Otaku USAOtaku USA outlasted every rival American anime magazine. Newtype USA and Anime Insider both closed.
- IGNIGN began in 1996 as five separate gaming websites. Sites like N64.com and PSXPower later merged into one brand.
- The Big Bang TheoryTest audiences disliked a lead in The Big Bang Theory's first pilot, so CBS had it retooled.
- HidiveHidive took over an older anime streaming service, Anime Network Online, in 2017.
- MyspaceIn March 2019, a botched server move erased 12 years of Myspace posts and photos. The site had no backup.
- Mark ZuckerbergIn January 2024, Mark Zuckerberg turned to families of harmed children at a Senate hearing and apologized.
- Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons got its name from a two-year-old girl. Gary Gygax's daughter Cindy picked it from a list of options.
- Bill GatesBill Gates and Paul Allen wrote software for a computer they did not have. Their Altair demo worked the first time.
- Role-playing gameUnlicensed versions of Dungeons and Dragons ran on university mainframes in 1974.
- Japanese popular cultureJapan's selfie habit traces back to a 1994 photo-sticker booth idea. Sasaki Miho's bosses first rejected it.
- OtakuIn a 2013 survey of 137,734 Japanese teens, 42.2% called themselves some type of otaku.
- CosplayIn 1939, two fans wore costumes to a convention because they thought everyone would. They were the only ones who did.
- Fandom (website)Fandom began as Wikicities, meant for local communities in one city. Jimmy Wales co-founded it in 2004.
- Magic: The GatheringMagic: The Gathering began on a hiking trail near Multnomah Falls.
- Cultural impact of Star WarsAfter Star Wars opened in 1977, Fox's stock jumped from $6 to $25 a share within months.
- Anime clubAnime clubs seat teenagers next to fans in their fifties and sixties. Most hobby groups stick to one age range.