You ever wonder which Bond flick had Christopher Walken as the villain? Just look it up on IMDB, right? What about the first game to feature co-operative play? Why, look it up on GIDb of course! Carnegie Mellon University has just created the Game Innovation Database (GIDb). Professor Jesse Schell, one of GIDb’s founders, explains it thus:
“We have created the Game Innovation Database in order to create a historical record of which innovations appeared when, and why they are important… So many videogame innovations have occurred so fast that there is a danger that many fascinating and important innovations will be forgotten.”
A quick visit to the site confirms that it’s basically a wiki for game info. As such, it may take a while for all of the info to be truly validated. Still, it’s a pretty neat idea. So, which game featured the first power-ups ever (hint: wokka wokka)? Start placing your bets now. A note for the future GIDb administrators: buy gidb.com before someone else does.
—via Game Politics