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GameFAQs is a website and online community that hosts user-submitted walkthroughs, guides, codes, reviews and files related to a variety of video games on multiple platforms.

History

On November 5th, 1995, the site was launched by programmer Jeff Veasey, also known by his online alias "CJayC," as database for video game guides and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). The site was originally named "Video Game FAQs Archive" and was hosted by America Online.

AQs' h Popularity: 1 | Vote:+I- e in December 1996, shortly after the site's creation as the VGFA. by Roaddhogg Hosted by the GFA Pages: 1 VGFA Video Game FAQ Arohive Last updated December 20 1996-958 FAQs Online omputer Game are here Arcade Games Son Playstation Sega aturn Nintendo 64 Sega Genesis Super Nintendo Systems Other 3DO Features Whats New Search Feedback Requests Authors VGFA FAQ Okay, here's what's going on (Updat ed 12/20): Updates - I'm on vaction through the 25th, and I won't be anywhere near a computer * New FAQ lists - Are back, on the "New" page. Requests - The board is finally updated! Plus, the first batch of "Filled" request notices just went out. * Graphics - Are changing. Going to a white background again. Look for it in the new year. The FAQ list pages will be touched up again, don't worry Mail - I'mreading, and slowly writing. I'm slowly getting caught up, so please be patient. * Search page Is coming soon. I hope to begin testing soon, and open it up around late Jan/early Feb * Page organization - Wil change soon, probably with the graphics. Any questions? Next Update: 12/26-27/1996 Arcade Games IS ISega Satum |Nintendo 64 DO | Sega Genesis | Super Nintendo lOther Features /What's New | Search| Feedback Requests | Authors VGFA FAQ

On September 11th, 1996, the domain "gamefaqs.com" was registered and the site relaunched later that year under its current name “GameFAQs.”[1] In 1997, the Imagine Games Network (IGN) acquired GameFAQs as an affiliate, which continued until the expiration of the contract in January 2001. On May 6th, 2003, GameFAQs was purchased by the tech media website CNET. On July 19th, 2007, Veasey resigned as editor and administrator of the site, handing over the role to GameFAQs employee Allen Tyner.

New and Noteworthy FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ unterStrike acing Adventure (GBC) - FAQ ome cke What's New trider PSX) Mini-FAQ eatures Requests Boards Feedback Search arriors ll (NES) - FAQ/Walkthrough Last Updated: February 29,2000 11:40PM CST 2/29/00 11:40PM Fifth and final update online. Some items of note Poll of the Day Do you ever watch Professional The Review Submission guidelines have changed slightly. Instead of a minimum Wrestling(WWF/WCW/ECW)? of 200 words, it's now 300. Additionally, I'll be rejecting reviews that do not haveNo, I never have easily readable formats (.e. all one paragraph) The March Contest is now underway Updated the plan. Fewer and fewer items on it every day... Go Coin-Op Arcade and More... Console No, but I used to Yes, but I'm ashamed to admit it to friends Yes, I sometimes watch Yes, I always watch it when it's on Yes, and I've seen it live And since l just got to play it today... Strider Hiryu 1&2 (PSX Import)-Well, I'm sad to say I'm disappointed in this title. But. Ill take it for what it is: An arcade coversion package. The presentation of the original Strider seems muddled, but it's an older game with older graphics. The control doesn't feel quite like the original arcade, but it's workable. Strider 2 is fun, the control is spot on, but the graphics and sound still seem dated. It's still fun, but a very short game NES Nintendo 84 Vote Results Only Top 10 Games (2/29) Saturn SNES and More... nal Fantas PSX 2. Resident Evil 3 PSX Computer PC and More... Portable 2/29/00 9:25PM Only the third update online. What can I say? guess I'm lazy this week. 4. Pokemon GB 5. Final Fantasy VI PSX 8. Fear Effect PSX 2/29/00 12:30PM First update online N84 GameBoy Color NeoGeo Pocket Colo and More... 9. Saga Frontier Il - PSX 10. Pokemon Gold/Silver GBC 2/29/00 2:55AM Surprise! For the first time in the history of the site, I'm actually early. The March Contest is now up and open! Good Luck! Happy Leap Day, and good night! GN Games world com 2/29/00 12:10AM Only four updates today, but Monday's are always slow. Tomorrow should be a little busier, hopefully. Can you feel the tingling in the air? Is it the coming rush of a new console release, or anticipation of the March contest? GameFAQs is an independent affiliate of IGN Games, part of the IGN network of sites. If you're interested in advertising on ▼ search ▼ 2/28/00 7:55PM Third update online... The big news today is that Sega reported massive losses for the here year thanks to slower than expected Japanese Dreamcast sales. Nice timing for the annoucement, too, just days before the PS2 release GameFAQs or any other IGN sites, click iqn.conm
ameBoy Advance | GameCube | PC | Play Station2 | Xbox | More Poll of the Day Home What's New Systems Features Boards How often do you visit GameFAQs? O Many times a day At least once a day Last Updated: February 17, 2003 11:55 PM CST Gaming News Headlines from GameSpot At lesst once a weelk A few times a year Vote Results Only A few times a month Ai Search lizzard action fi Go This is my first time here PC release date revealed GameFAQs Site News Top 10 FAQ Pages (2/16) 2116/03 12:12AM: Another Week. Another Dollar Well, Ive managed to get caught up quite a bit on e-mail, and I should be done with 2. Legend of Zelde Ocerine of Time- GCN the backlog before too long now. In my spare time, I've also been playing a game or 3. hack Pert 1 Infection - PS2 two Earth and Beyond (PC) haven't played an MMORPG in years, but I got hooked on E&B rather quickly. It's your basic MMORPG set in space, with good emphasis 7. Deed or Alive Xtreme Be on non-combative as well as group play. The game is very newbie-oriented although content does taper off as you level up too high. Fun, interesting, and enjoyable, at least for my tastes. You can still download the demo and play for free for five days, so it's no risk to try it out (except for your download time) Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (Xbox) This is what I've been waiting on for years; a good 1. Sega GT 2002- XB 2D fighter that can be played online. And it works, surprisingly well, except for the2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance-XBX pain encountered when trying to play with a standard Xbox controller. Although the EO controls are there, purists will definitely want to spring for a proper joystick or 5. Pro Evolution Socoer 2-PS2 better-aligned gamepad. The port is fairly transparent from DC/PS2/GC, no issues 8. RuneScape - PC there, but the thing that makes this one a must-buy is the network capability Online play can be a little laggy in some games, and it can disrupt the flow of a match somewhat, but the overall experience is still great heft Au PS2 4. Final Fantasy X - PS2 5. Kingdom Hearts PS2 XBX 8. Metroid Prime GCN N84 10. Animal Crossi GCN Top 10 Requests 3. Medieval: Total War PC 4. Die Hard: Vendetta GCN 7. Deer Hunter 2003 PO 8. Helbreath PC 9. Zanzarah PO 10. NBA Live 2003 PS2 Free Downloads @ GameSpot 2/6/03 11:35PM: The Faster I Go... Between network problems, server crashes, network crashes, and server problems coupled with a bigger than anticipated influx of contributions, Ive been swamped with work for the past month, even well after the holiday rush. Things are finall coming to a point to where the contribution backlog is minimal, leaving a full month of e-mail for me to tackle. Even though there are 500 waiting messages, over half of the mail I get consists of questions already answered clearly and explicitly on the help files, so it's not as bad as it seems. Tomorrow I begin trying to clean that up and get caught back up on work for the first time in months. We'll see how it goes... Hawk NASCAR Re ly SimCity 4 Trailer Read and Po 213/03 9:50PM: We're Back Massive network issues took down the main server tonight for an hour and a half I'm hoping theyve been resolved, but we'll see how it goes from here... Read and Post Commen
Password login Sign Up Forgot Pa Home What's NewContribute Features Boards Users Help Top Platforms DS DS iPhone PC PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Vita Wii Wiiu Xbox 360 All Systems Search: MATURE 17.Blood Intense Violence Nudity Sexual Content Strong Language Use of Drugs and Alcohol ESRB MEIRO LAST LIGH BUY NOW TO GET THE LIMITED EDITION CLICK TO PLAY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Today on GameFAQs Last updated: May 14, 2013 2:40PM PDT Poll of the Day How do you feel about "grinding" through monsters to gain money and experience in RPGs? Nominations are open for the next Character Battle submit your favorites to make the next bracket We're now beta testing the next version of GameFAQs. Check this topic for more information, and feel free to take a look around we want your feedback on how it looks and feels It's great, grinding is the most enjoyable part of th If you're new here and not quite sure what to do first (after you've gotten the latest FAQs, cheats, and codes), don't forget to register if you havent yet (it's free), read through the Help Files, and feel free to jump in and start contributing Don't forget to check out the latest FAQs posted for Dead Island: Riptide, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, King of the Hill, and Assassin's Creed IlI - The Redemption. We've also got new reviews for Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Dead Island: Riptide, plus new cheats for 3D Space Harrier and Nano Assault Neo It's fine, I don't mind grinding for a couple of hour: It's okay, but too much can make me quit a game It's boring, I hate it when games require it to finish It's awful, that's why I hate playing RPGs Today's Featured Top 10: The Top 10 Sega Titles That Would Benefit From A Reboot by FRIEDSTRUCK. Vote view results only Top 10 Games 01 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim X360 02 League of Legends PC 03 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC 04 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS 05 Dark Souls PS3 06 Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS 07 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate WIIU 08 Injustice: Gods Among Us PS3 Top 10 Wanted FAQs 01 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS 02 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate WIU 03 Soul Sacrifice VITA 04 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PS3 05 Defiance X360 06 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen X360 07 Torchlight II PC 08 Game Dev Tycoon PC 09 Injustice: Gods Among Us IP 10 Devil Summoner: Hackers 3DS Featured GameFAQS Video BioShock Infinite Video Walkthrough by Bkstunt_31 10 Pokemon X 3DS

Features

The site allows registered users to submit walkthroughs, cheat codes, box art, screenshots, videos, game saves and reviews for any game listed on the site. Members can also use a feature called “GameFAQs Answers” to exchange questions and answers about a specific game, similar to the service provided by Yahoo! Answers. The site also hosts a large number of discussion forums, with individual boards reserved for each title and console, as well as off-topic interests, including anime, wrestling, television shows and technology.

Character Battles

In 2002, the site began hosting an annual tournament of video game characters known as "Character Battles," in which two contestants are pit against each other through daily polls and only the winner proceeds to the next round. On August 23rd of that year, the webcomic Penny Arcade[8] published a comic featuring a robot programmed to repeatedly vote for the video game character PacMan in a GameFAQs character battle (shown below).

He has but one purpose... To vote for PacMan until PacMan wins the GameFAQs Character You made a robot Whoa! Oh, that's right He had two purposes Battle a Well, the cat helped 2002 MIKE KRAHuLIK ANP JERRY HOLKINS WWW.PENNY-ARCADE COM

LUE Board

The Life, Universe and Everything (LUE) board is a controversial subforum on the site named after "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything" from the science fiction book The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The board was created sometime during 2001 as a place to discuss religious and philosophical topics but was closed off to newer users after moderation became problematic.

Highlights

Hot Skitty on Wailord Action

"Hot Skitty on Wailord Action" (HSOWA) is an expression referring to the bizarre breeding pattern of the creatures Wailord and Skitty from the Nintendo video game series Pokémon. The phrase was first coined by GameFAQs member Endgame in a Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire thread after the North American release of the games in 2005.

Suddenly X! Thousands of Them!

"Suddenly X! Thousands of Them!" is a snowclone template that is often used in storytelling to introduce a new group in an abrupt manner. It was popularized on GameFAQs with the phrase "Ninjas! Thousands of them," which was widely used on the "Random Insanity" board.[3]

SUDDENLY, BANANAS. THOUSANDS OF THEM

Summoning Captain Planet

Summoning Captain Planet is a chain commenting game based on a recurring trope from the 1990s animated TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, in which the superhero Captain Planet can be summoned by five Planeteers combining their powers of earth, fire, wind, water and heart. The practice is believe to have originated on the GameFAQs LUE board in May of 2005.

Fie 1197411977 s-94 KB, 480x360, Earth pg ーロ 12/11/07(Tue)17 26:17 No 48069934 EARTH >> □ 12uanan)172234 No 48070042 Fue 11741 12044 ng-(22 KB, 300400, Fre pg) FIRE 1211/07 Tur)172802 No 43070099 Fle 1197412089 ipg-(15 KB,300x449, Wind jpg WINDI 12/11/07 Tue)17 28-57 No 48070168 Fle i 197412137 (46 KB. 400x531, water.Pg) WATER 12/1 1/07 Tue) 17 29 48 No 48070245 Fle :1197412188 E8-(54 KB, 500-4-48, Heart jpg) >> HEART 12/11/07(Tue)173043No.48070328 Fle :1197412243 rs-(28 KB, 640e480, GOOO PLANETpg) >> GO PLANET >> □ 12/11/07(Tue)17 33 10 No 48070527 Füe 1197412390 g-(94 KB, 331598, Longcatcaptainls2 jpg) BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM CAPTAIN LONGCAT

Diamond: The Hardest Metal

Diamond is The Hardest Metal is an expression stemming from a GameFAQs Forum poster who argued that a car made out of diamonds could withstand smashing against a wall and smugly asserted that diamonds were one of the hardest metals known to man.

WHAT- WILL HAppEN Car wade from hardest retal wall made from hardest mgtal

Traffic

On August 9th, 2000, the site reached a milestone by reaching one million visits within a day.[7] As of May 2013, GameFAQs is ranked at 854 on Alexa[4], 539 on Quantcast[5] and 888 on Compete.[6]

Search Interest

External References

[1] GameFAQs – About This Site

[2] WikiFAQs – Life, the Universe, and Everything | LUE's Dwindling Population

[3] WikiFAQs – Ninjas! Thousands of Them!

[4] Alexa – gamefaqs.com

[5] Quantcast – gamefaqs.com

[6] compete – gamefaqs.com

[7] Wayback Machine – GameFAQs archive

[8] Penny Arcade – Heat



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About

GameFAQs is a website and online community that hosts user-submitted walkthroughs, guides, codes, reviews and files related to a variety of video games on multiple platforms.

History

On November 5th, 1995, the site was launched by programmer Jeff Veasey, also known by his online alias "CJayC," as database for video game guides and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs). The site was originally named "Video Game FAQs Archive" and was hosted by America Online.


AQs' h Popularity: 1 | Vote:+I- e in December 1996, shortly after the site's creation as the VGFA. by Roaddhogg Hosted by the GFA Pages: 1 VGFA Video Game FAQ Arohive Last updated December 20 1996-958 FAQs Online omputer Game are here Arcade Games Son Playstation Sega aturn Nintendo 64 Sega Genesis Super Nintendo Systems Other 3DO Features Whats New Search Feedback Requests Authors VGFA FAQ Okay, here's what's going on (Updat ed 12/20): Updates - I'm on vaction through the 25th, and I won't be anywhere near a computer * New FAQ lists - Are back, on the "New" page. Requests - The board is finally updated! Plus, the first batch of "Filled" request notices just went out. * Graphics - Are changing. Going to a white background again. Look for it in the new year. The FAQ list pages will be touched up again, don't worry Mail - I'mreading, and slowly writing. I'm slowly getting caught up, so please be patient. * Search page Is coming soon. I hope to begin testing soon, and open it up around late Jan/early Feb * Page organization - Wil change soon, probably with the graphics. Any questions? Next Update: 12/26-27/1996 Arcade Games IS ISega Satum |Nintendo 64 DO | Sega Genesis | Super Nintendo lOther Features /What's New | Search| Feedback Requests | Authors VGFA FAQ

On September 11th, 1996, the domain "gamefaqs.com" was registered and the site relaunched later that year under its current name “GameFAQs.”[1] In 1997, the Imagine Games Network (IGN) acquired GameFAQs as an affiliate, which continued until the expiration of the contract in January 2001. On May 6th, 2003, GameFAQs was purchased by the tech media website CNET. On July 19th, 2007, Veasey resigned as editor and administrator of the site, handing over the role to GameFAQs employee Allen Tyner.


New and Noteworthy FAQ/Walkthrough FAQ unterStrike acing Adventure (GBC) - FAQ ome cke What's New trider PSX) Mini-FAQ eatures Requests Boards Feedback Search arriors ll (NES) - FAQ/Walkthrough Last Updated: February 29,2000 11:40PM CST 2/29/00 11:40PM Fifth and final update online. Some items of note Poll of the Day Do you ever watch Professional The Review Submission guidelines have changed slightly. Instead of a minimum Wrestling(WWF/WCW/ECW)? of 200 words, it's now 300. Additionally, I'll be rejecting reviews that do not haveNo, I never have easily readable formats (.e. all one paragraph) The March Contest is now underway Updated the plan. Fewer and fewer items on it every day... Go Coin-Op Arcade and More... Console No, but I used to Yes, but I'm ashamed to admit it to friends Yes, I sometimes watch Yes, I always watch it when it's on Yes, and I've seen it live And since l just got to play it today... Strider Hiryu 1&2 (PSX Import)-Well, I'm sad to say I'm disappointed in this title. But. Ill take it for what it is: An arcade coversion package. The presentation of the original Strider seems muddled, but it's an older game with older graphics. The control doesn't feel quite like the original arcade, but it's workable. Strider 2 is fun, the control is spot on, but the graphics and sound still seem dated. It's still fun, but a very short game NES Nintendo 84 Vote Results Only Top 10 Games (2/29) Saturn SNES and More... nal Fantas PSX 2. Resident Evil 3 PSX Computer PC and More... Portable 2/29/00 9:25PM Only the third update online. What can I say? guess I'm lazy this week. 4. Pokemon GB 5. Final Fantasy VI PSX 8. Fear Effect PSX 2/29/00 12:30PM First update online N84 GameBoy Color NeoGeo Pocket Colo and More... 9. Saga Frontier Il - PSX 10. Pokemon Gold/Silver GBC 2/29/00 2:55AM Surprise! For the first time in the history of the site, I'm actually early. The March Contest is now up and open! Good Luck! Happy Leap Day, and good night! GN Games world com 2/29/00 12:10AM Only four updates today, but Monday's are always slow. Tomorrow should be a little busier, hopefully. Can you feel the tingling in the air? Is it the coming rush of a new console release, or anticipation of the March contest? GameFAQs is an independent affiliate of IGN Games, part of the IGN network of sites. If you're interested in advertising on ▼ search ▼ 2/28/00 7:55PM Third update online... The big news today is that Sega reported massive losses for the here year thanks to slower than expected Japanese Dreamcast sales. Nice timing for the annoucement, too, just days before the PS2 release GameFAQs or any other IGN sites, click iqn.conm ameBoy Advance | GameCube | PC | Play Station2 | Xbox | More Poll of the Day Home What's New Systems Features Boards How often do you visit GameFAQs? O Many times a day At least once a day Last Updated: February 17, 2003 11:55 PM CST Gaming News Headlines from GameSpot At lesst once a weelk A few times a year Vote Results Only A few times a month Ai Search lizzard action fi Go This is my first time here PC release date revealed GameFAQs Site News Top 10 FAQ Pages (2/16) 2116/03 12:12AM: Another Week. Another Dollar Well, Ive managed to get caught up quite a bit on e-mail, and I should be done with 2. Legend of Zelde Ocerine of Time- GCN the backlog before too long now. In my spare time, I've also been playing a game or 3. hack Pert 1 Infection - PS2 two Earth and Beyond (PC) haven't played an MMORPG in years, but I got hooked on E&B rather quickly. It's your basic MMORPG set in space, with good emphasis 7. Deed or Alive Xtreme Be on non-combative as well as group play. The game is very newbie-oriented although content does taper off as you level up too high. Fun, interesting, and enjoyable, at least for my tastes. You can still download the demo and play for free for five days, so it's no risk to try it out (except for your download time) Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (Xbox) This is what I've been waiting on for years; a good 1. Sega GT 2002- XB 2D fighter that can be played online. And it works, surprisingly well, except for the2. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance-XBX pain encountered when trying to play with a standard Xbox controller. Although the EO controls are there, purists will definitely want to spring for a proper joystick or 5. Pro Evolution Socoer 2-PS2 better-aligned gamepad. The port is fairly transparent from DC/PS2/GC, no issues 8. RuneScape - PC there, but the thing that makes this one a must-buy is the network capability Online play can be a little laggy in some games, and it can disrupt the flow of a match somewhat, but the overall experience is still great heft Au PS2 4. Final Fantasy X - PS2 5. Kingdom Hearts PS2 XBX 8. Metroid Prime GCN N84 10. Animal Crossi GCN Top 10 Requests 3. Medieval: Total War PC 4. Die Hard: Vendetta GCN 7. Deer Hunter 2003 PO 8. Helbreath PC 9. Zanzarah PO 10. NBA Live 2003 PS2 Free Downloads @ GameSpot 2/6/03 11:35PM: The Faster I Go... Between network problems, server crashes, network crashes, and server problems coupled with a bigger than anticipated influx of contributions, Ive been swamped with work for the past month, even well after the holiday rush. Things are finall coming to a point to where the contribution backlog is minimal, leaving a full month of e-mail for me to tackle. Even though there are 500 waiting messages, over half of the mail I get consists of questions already answered clearly and explicitly on the help files, so it's not as bad as it seems. Tomorrow I begin trying to clean that up and get caught back up on work for the first time in months. We'll see how it goes... Hawk NASCAR Re ly SimCity 4 Trailer Read and Po 213/03 9:50PM: We're Back Massive network issues took down the main server tonight for an hour and a half I'm hoping theyve been resolved, but we'll see how it goes from here... Read and Post Commen Password login Sign Up Forgot Pa Home What's NewContribute Features Boards Users Help Top Platforms DS DS iPhone PC PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Vita Wii Wiiu Xbox 360 All Systems Search: MATURE 17.Blood Intense Violence Nudity Sexual Content Strong Language Use of Drugs and Alcohol ESRB MEIRO LAST LIGH BUY NOW TO GET THE LIMITED EDITION CLICK TO PLAY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Today on GameFAQs Last updated: May 14, 2013 2:40PM PDT Poll of the Day How do you feel about "grinding" through monsters to gain money and experience in RPGs? Nominations are open for the next Character Battle submit your favorites to make the next bracket We're now beta testing the next version of GameFAQs. Check this topic for more information, and feel free to take a look around we want your feedback on how it looks and feels It's great, grinding is the most enjoyable part of th If you're new here and not quite sure what to do first (after you've gotten the latest FAQs, cheats, and codes), don't forget to register if you havent yet (it's free), read through the Help Files, and feel free to jump in and start contributing Don't forget to check out the latest FAQs posted for Dead Island: Riptide, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, King of the Hill, and Assassin's Creed IlI - The Redemption. We've also got new reviews for Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and Dead Island: Riptide, plus new cheats for 3D Space Harrier and Nano Assault Neo It's fine, I don't mind grinding for a couple of hour: It's okay, but too much can make me quit a game It's boring, I hate it when games require it to finish It's awful, that's why I hate playing RPGs Today's Featured Top 10: The Top 10 Sega Titles That Would Benefit From A Reboot by FRIEDSTRUCK. Vote view results only Top 10 Games 01 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim X360 02 League of Legends PC 03 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC 04 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS 05 Dark Souls PS3 06 Fire Emblem: Awakening 3DS 07 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate WIIU 08 Injustice: Gods Among Us PS3 Top 10 Wanted FAQs 01 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS 02 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate WIU 03 Soul Sacrifice VITA 04 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PS3 05 Defiance X360 06 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen X360 07 Torchlight II PC 08 Game Dev Tycoon PC 09 Injustice: Gods Among Us IP 10 Devil Summoner: Hackers 3DS Featured GameFAQS Video BioShock Infinite Video Walkthrough by Bkstunt_31 10 Pokemon X 3DS

Features

The site allows registered users to submit walkthroughs, cheat codes, box art, screenshots, videos, game saves and reviews for any game listed on the site. Members can also use a feature called “GameFAQs Answers” to exchange questions and answers about a specific game, similar to the service provided by Yahoo! Answers. The site also hosts a large number of discussion forums, with individual boards reserved for each title and console, as well as off-topic interests, including anime, wrestling, television shows and technology.

Character Battles

In 2002, the site began hosting an annual tournament of video game characters known as "Character Battles," in which two contestants are pit against each other through daily polls and only the winner proceeds to the next round. On August 23rd of that year, the webcomic Penny Arcade[8] published a comic featuring a robot programmed to repeatedly vote for the video game character PacMan in a GameFAQs character battle (shown below).


He has but one purpose... To vote for PacMan until PacMan wins the GameFAQs Character You made a robot Whoa! Oh, that's right He had two purposes Battle a Well, the cat helped 2002 MIKE KRAHuLIK ANP JERRY HOLKINS WWW.PENNY-ARCADE COM

LUE Board

The Life, Universe and Everything (LUE) board is a controversial subforum on the site named after "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything" from the science fiction book The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The board was created sometime during 2001 as a place to discuss religious and philosophical topics but was closed off to newer users after moderation became problematic.

Highlights

Hot Skitty on Wailord Action

"Hot Skitty on Wailord Action" (HSOWA) is an expression referring to the bizarre breeding pattern of the creatures Wailord and Skitty from the Nintendo video game series Pokémon. The phrase was first coined by GameFAQs member Endgame in a Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire thread after the North American release of the games in 2005.


Suddenly X! Thousands of Them!

"Suddenly X! Thousands of Them!" is a snowclone template that is often used in storytelling to introduce a new group in an abrupt manner. It was popularized on GameFAQs with the phrase "Ninjas! Thousands of them," which was widely used on the "Random Insanity" board.[3]


SUDDENLY, BANANAS. THOUSANDS OF THEM

Summoning Captain Planet

Summoning Captain Planet is a chain commenting game based on a recurring trope from the 1990s animated TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, in which the superhero Captain Planet can be summoned by five Planeteers combining their powers of earth, fire, wind, water and heart. The practice is believe to have originated on the GameFAQs LUE board in May of 2005.


Fie 1197411977 s-94 KB, 480x360, Earth pg ーロ 12/11/07(Tue)17 26:17 No 48069934 EARTH >> □ 12uanan)172234 No 48070042 Fue 11741 12044 ng-(22 KB, 300400, Fre pg) FIRE 1211/07 Tur)172802 No 43070099 Fle 1197412089 ipg-(15 KB,300x449, Wind jpg WINDI 12/11/07 Tue)17 28-57 No 48070168 Fle i 197412137 (46 KB. 400x531, water.Pg) WATER 12/1 1/07 Tue) 17 29 48 No 48070245 Fle :1197412188 E8-(54 KB, 500-4-48, Heart jpg) >> HEART 12/11/07(Tue)173043No.48070328 Fle :1197412243 rs-(28 KB, 640e480, GOOO PLANETpg) >> GO PLANET >> □ 12/11/07(Tue)17 33 10 No 48070527 Füe 1197412390 g-(94 KB, 331598, Longcatcaptainls2 jpg) BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM CAPTAIN LONGCAT

Diamond: The Hardest Metal

Diamond is The Hardest Metal is an expression stemming from a GameFAQs Forum poster who argued that a car made out of diamonds could withstand smashing against a wall and smugly asserted that diamonds were one of the hardest metals known to man.


WHAT- WILL HAppEN Car wade from hardest retal wall made from hardest mgtal

Traffic

On August 9th, 2000, the site reached a milestone by reaching one million visits within a day.[7] As of May 2013, GameFAQs is ranked at 854 on Alexa[4], 539 on Quantcast[5] and 888 on Compete.[6]


Search Interest

External References

[1] GameFAQs – About This Site

[2] WikiFAQs – Life, the Universe, and Everything | LUE's Dwindling Population

[3] WikiFAQs – Ninjas! Thousands of Them!

[4] Alexa – gamefaqs.com

[5] Quantcast – gamefaqs.com

[6] compete – gamefaqs.com

[7] Wayback Machine – GameFAQs archive

[8] Penny Arcade – Heat

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