Type of site Gaming blog Website didyouknowgaming.com Commercial Yes | Owner Shane Gill Alexa rank 83,035 (November 2015) | |
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Did You Know Gaming? (abbreviated DYKG) is a video game–focused blog which launched in May 2012. The site features video content focusing on video game related trivia and facts, hosted on video game entertainment website NormalBoots.com, covering various franchises.
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Since the website's launch, it has been featured on numerous major news and gaming outlets including Huffington Post, MCV, Game Informer, MTV, Nerdist, and the Houston Press.
History
The site launched on May 14, 2012, by Shane Gill who came up with the idea for a trivia focused website based on gaming after being inspired by a number of Facebook trivia groups. By July 2012, the official Facebook page had reached nearly 20,000 fans in under eight weeks. As of March 2016, the official YouTube channel has currently over 1,950,000 subscribers.
On January 25, 2014, Did You Know Gaming partnered with a relaunched Normal Boots, a collaborative website for hosting gaming themed content created by Jon Jafari and Austin Hargrave. A spin-off series' has also been created on the channel "FilmTheorists" called Did You Know Movies.
Content
The site releases videos presenting trivia based on different franchises. Series which have been covered are Star Fox, Pikmin, Super Smash Bros. Metroid and many more. One specific series called Easter Egg Hunting looks at secrets and Easter Eggs found in games based on a particular show or in a specific game such as South Park, Doctor Who and Metal Gear Solid. Each video is narrated by a number of popular internet personalities including Jon Jafari of JonTron, Arin Hanson, and Smooth McGroove.
VGFacts
VGFacts is a sister website of Did You Know Gaming? which launched in March, 2013 and also features gaming related trivia. Created in partnership with The Spriters Resource, the site features trivia covering thousands of games, series and consoles as well as articles discussing various topics, which even includes contributions from game publisher Konami.
Episode list
Each episode covers a specific franchise and is often narrated by a popular internet personality. There's the main Did You Know Gaming? series and other spin-offs under the VGFacts banner.
Reception
The site has received generally positive reception from critics.
CEO of Destructoid, Hamza Aziz, has praised the site saying "The Did You Know Gaming series is a pretty wonderful look at the lesser known facts of your favorite videogames."
Steve Napierski, author of the webcomic series Dueling Analogs, has posted about Did You Know Gaming? multiple times saying that "Not sure if you’ve noticed from the amount of Did You Know Gaming? videos I have reposted on Dueling Analogs, but I am definitely a fan of them."