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What does Sonic drop when an enemy hits him?
Answer: Rings
Why: Carrying 100 rings is no safer than 32: in the Mega Drive games, at most 32 rings scatter for Sonic to grab back.
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Where does Solid Snake hide to sneak past guards?
Answer: Under a cardboard box
Why: The gag pays homage to Kōbō Abe's novel The Box Man, whose hero roams a city hidden inside a box.
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What do shooter fans call shots that hit the instant you fire?
Answer: Hitscan
Why: Projectile weapons are the opposite: their shots take noticeable time to reach the target.
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Which puzzle genre does Candy Crush Saga belong to?
Answer: Match-three
Why: Match-three puzzles trace back to Shariki, a computer game made by a Russian developer in 1994.
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What genre was Fortnite at its July 2017 launch?
Answer: Survival game
Why: The battle royale version followed about two months later, in September 2017, as a separate free game.
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Which trick lets platformer heroes jump just after leaving a ledge?
Answer: Coyote time
Why: The name comes from Wile E. Coyote, who runs off cliffs in cartoons and hangs in the air before he falls.
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