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Game On

Game: On, a 2004 live action and machinima short film for Volvo Cars


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season

On 11 September 1897, in their first game of the new season of the London League and also at their new ground, Thames beat Brentford F.C. 1–0.

1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season

In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France.

1941 American Football League season

At the beginning of the 1941 season, the Bullies accepted a challenge from the defending Western Interprovincial Football Union champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers for a three-game series; the Bombers had been banned from Grey Cup contention that year due to rules discrepancies between the WIFU and the other organizations playing Canadian football at the time.

1995 NBA Playoffs

Game 1 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 22): Houston 94, San Antonio 93 (Robert Horry hits the game-winner with 6.5 seconds left)

2005 Fiesta Bowl

Paris Warren was Smith's go-to man during the game, as he caught a Fiesta Bowl record 15 passes for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns.

2006 Mountain West Conference football season

After being trounced by their former Southwest Conference rivals, 70-35, in Lubbock two years prior, the Horned Frog defense kept quarterback Graham Harrell and the Red Raider offense out of the endzone for the entire game, JR linebacker walk on Christopher Abbott led the defense with one sack, 8 tackles 3 for a loss of yards and one interception, to earn their fourth consecutive victory over the Big 12.

2006 National League Championship Series

The game would stay tied until the top of the fifth inning when Paul Lo Duca reached on an error by Cardinals second baseman Ronnie Belliard.

Akuji the Heartless

The game centres on the voodoo priest and warrior Akuji (voiced by Richard Roundtree), who had his heart ripped out on his wedding day, and through the use of voodoo magic is now cursed to wander the Underworld.

Ann Wilson

On November 22, 2012, Wilson sang an original arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner", accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Day football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Ashley Whippet

Ashley first gained notoriety on August 4, 1974 when Stein, then a 19-year-old college student, smuggled him into Dodger Stadium during a nationally televised baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Car numberplate game

This game plays a large role in Richard Herring's stand-up show, Twelve Tasks of Hercules Terrace.

Cee-lo

Many hip hop artists have referenced the dice game "Cee-Lo" in rap songs ever since the 1990s.

Celia Pearce

Her articles and book chapters include a section of Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Pat Harrigan's First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game.

Chuck Noll

Here, Saint Vincent returns to college football in a game against Gallaudet University.

Dave Gunning

The track "A Game Goin' On" from Gunning's album No More Pennies was submitted to the Great Canadian Song Quest (2013 edition: Hockey Night In Canada Song Quest).

Drop goal

The last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941.

Edwin St Hill

Against Tasmania he had first-innings figures of four for 57 and against Victoria he took six wickets in the game.

Geimos

The game is set in the year 2135 AD on a military base that was created in one of the moons that make up the Solar System.

Gun safety

In 1902, the English politician and game shooting enthusiast Mark Hanbury Beaufoy wrote some much-quoted verses on gun safety, including many salient points.

Howard Scott Warshaw

The first, The Complete Book of PAN, is a guide to the card game of the same name.

John Ducey Park

John Ducey Park was the site where in 1982 former Trapper Ron Kittle hit his 50th home run of the season on the last game of the year.

Kefka Palazzo

Originally designed by Yoshitaka Amano, he appears in Final Fantasy VI as a clown-like, nihilistic psychopath who acts as the game's main antagonist and as the God of Magic, physically transforming into a Lucifer-esque fallen angel.

Kiss Symphony: Alive IV

The live versions of "Rock and Roll All Nite", "God of Thunder" and "Lick It Up" were featured on the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.

Kure Software Koubou

One year after being founded, KSK released their first game Argo for the NEC PC-88.

Ladies of the Canyon

It features several of Mitchell's most noted songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game".

Lies Greed Misery

It was used in the promotion of Medal of Honor: Warfighter and got its premier in the multiplayer trailer for the game.

Liz Heaston

Ashley Martin, the first female to score in an NCAA game, and the first to score in a Division I game

Low-definition television

The PlayStation 2 generates 240p/288p if a PlayStation game calls for this mode, as do many Virtual Console emulated games on Wii.

Meaningful play

In Rules of Play, Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman introduce meaningful play as the goal of successful game design.

MotorStorm

The events of the game take place at the fictional MotorStorm Festival in Monument Valley.

Paul Bergmann

Bergmann was a starting member of UCLA's 1983 Rose Bowl, where he led all receivers with 6 catches, and the 1984 Rose Bowl Championship, where he caught the first touchdown pass of the game, thrown by Rick Neuheisel.

Paul Fentener van Vlissingen

Ranked as the richest man in Scotland in 2005, he contributed to the development of game reserves in Africa and bought Letterewe estate in Scotland, where he pledged the right to roam, years ahead of the rest of the country.

Peter Andrew Jones

He has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorceror and Alligator, contributed during the early 1980s to television shows including BBC comedy The Two Ronnies Show and the BBC's '80s sci-fi adaptation of The Tripods, and has produced cover illustrations for video game publishers such as US Gold, Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive.

Poker Players Alliance

The Skill Game Protection Act (HR 2610), proposed by Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), provides an exemption to UIGEA for games of skill, including poker, mah jong, bridge, and other games.

Popular Science Predictions Exchange

Will a team of androids beat the human World Cup champions at a game of soccer by December 31, 2050?

Richard Gilliam

He devised the Movie Links online game in 1990, and it was played extensively on GEnie four years before the quite similar Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game was promoted in 1994.

Ron Rowan

Born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Rowan starred at Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania) High School, averaging nearly 26 points per game as a senior.

Russell Beardsmore

He did not feature in a single competitive game when United won the first Premier League title in 1992–93, and at the end of the season signed for Bournemouth on a free transfer.

Space Eggs

Space Eggs is an unofficial port of the arcade game Moon Cresta to the Apple II.

Sudeki

David Leonard's review for PopMatters expresses considerable concern about the Orientalist packaging of the Asian setting of the game as well as the currents of "female hypersexuality", "racism, sexism and simulations of the war on terror".

Testdroid

Testdroid can use testing frameworks, such as Robotium, cisimple, and uiautomator for native and Selenium for web applications, targeted for mobile application and game developers.

The Belle Game

The Belle Game digitally released their first collection of songs, the Inventing Letters EP, on November 10, 2009.

Tim Dadabo

He has performed in several video game roles including the popular Halo series as the Forerunner Monitor 343 Guilty Spark.

Tim Harkness

On April 17, 1964, Harkness led off for the Mets in the bottom of the first inning and had a single off of Bob Friend in the third inning to become the first Mets player to bat and the first to get a hit in the team's first game played at Shea Stadium as part of a 4–3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Tommy Bridges

Born in Gordonsville, Tennessee, Bridges attended the University of Tennessee, and after having a 20-strikeout game for the minor league Wheeling Stogies in 1929, he joined the Tigers in 1930, inducing Babe Ruth to ground out on his first major league pitch.

Translink Cup

Celtic Manager Tony Mowbray decided to use the game as a warm-up for European Champions League qualifiers and brought a near full-strength squad for the fixture, including Artur Boruc, Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Gary Caldwell, Massimo Donati, Marc Crosas, Georgios Samaras, Andreas Hinkel, Shaun Maloney and Scott McDonald.

Tyrell McCrea

In the first game of his senior year against historic Odessa Permian High School, McCrea had an 80 yard touchdown run during the first half to begin his season.

Wake the Dead

The album's main hit, the title track "Wake The Dead", was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Revenge, and Burnout Legends.

Zakaria Bakkali

After Bakkali's superb Champions League-debut, Belgium coach Marc Wilmots selected him in the 25-man squad in the friendly-game against France.

ZenGems

Former LucasArts game designer Hal Barwood known for several Star Wars and Indiana Jones titles of the early to mid 1990's designed several of the levels of ZenGems.


see also

1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Michigan won its first intercollegiate basketball game, and played in its first overtime game, on Saturday, January 16, 1909, against Oberlin College.

2004 Motor City Bowl

On their first offensive play they promptly earned their first first down of the game, on a 12-yard pass from quarterback Bruce Gradkowski to wide receiver Kenny Higgins.

2006 Louisville Cardinals football team

After the Cardinals were unable to score on their first drive in the fourth quarter, the Knights tied the game on a Jeremy Ito field goal.

2013–14 Detroit Red Wings season

The team will also play in a rescheduled Winter Classic game on New Years Day at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as participate in alumni games and other events at Comerica Park.

Alex Ríos

He then had his first multi-home run game on June 12, 2006, facing the Baltimore Orioles at the Rogers Centre.

Alien Hominid

Hominid appears as a playable character in the XBLA version of Team Meat's Super Meat Boy, another game that originated as a flash game on Newgrounds.

American football rules

Denver won the game on the first play in overtime, an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas.

Arash Markazi

When Markazi took Sports Illustrated swimsuit models Damaris Lewis and Kate Upton to the Los Angeles Clippers-Oklahoma City Thunder game on April 2, 2011, he helped catapult Upton’s popularity when he recorded her doing The Dougie and posted it on his Twitter.

Bobby Bowden

His final coaching appearance was the 2010 Gator Bowl game on January 1, 2010, with a 33–21 victory over his former program, West Virginia.

Cathedral Prep Events Center

In its inaugural game on September 10, 2010, the Cathedral Prep Ramblers defeated the Central Tech Falcons 55-9.

Chad Kreuter

He made his major league debut on September 14, 1988 as the starting catcher wearing #7, and played his final game on April 27, 2003 as the starting catcher wearing #12.

Chucky Venn

Prior to the Hull City-Tottenham Hotspur game on Setanta Sports on 23 February, Venn performed a strange monologue.

CKPG-TV

On December 12, 1970, Brian "Spinner" Spencer, a rookie hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from Fort St. James, was called up to play with the Leafs in what would be his first NHL game on television.

Clete Blakeman

Blakeman's crew was involved in a controversial call at the end of the New England Patriots-Carolina Panthers Monday Night Football game on November 18, 2013.

Courier chess

In 1651 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, gave to Ströbeck a playing board with chess on one side and the Courier Game on the other, and a set of silver pieces.

Duncan Shearer

In his autobiography 11 years later, Adams revealed that he had followed the progress of the game on Ceefax and mistakingly believed that the Shearer who scored a hat-trick against Arsenal was Duncan Shearer.

Edmund Carter

Carter made his highest score of 63 in this game, on debut, against New South Wales.

International Rugby Challenge

International Rugby Challenge (also known simply as International Rugby) is a rugby game on Mega Drive (Genesis) and the Commodore Amiga.

Jane Chastain

During the CBS National Football League telecast of a game on October 13, 1974, she became the first female NFL announcer, brought in as a commentator alongside Don Criqui and Irv Cross.

Jean DeWolff

In the Spider-Man 3 video game (on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions), DeWolff (now spelled as DeWolfe and voiced by Vanessa Marshall) appears as a detective who enlists Spider-Man to help crack down on gun running and crooked cops, although she also shares information with him about the 'Mad Bomber' case.

Jeff Hartsock

Hartsock appeared in his final Major League game on September 28, 1992.

Jimbo Fisher

Fisher's son Ethan has Fanconi anemia, this was discussed on the ESPN Monday Night College Football game on September 2, 2013 (Labor Day) between Florida State and the University of Pittsburgh as part of an effort by both schools to raise awareness of the disease.

Joe Bitker

He played for the Oakland Athletics for one game on July 31, 1990, then was traded to the Texas Rangers with Scott Chiamparino for Harold Baines.

Joe Redfield

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1982 MLB amateur draft, Redfield would make his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on June 4, 1988, and appear in his final game on July 15, 1991.

Johnny Stevens

Detroit won with two runs in the ninth inning, tying the game on a Barber wild pitch after he had issued two walks, and then bringing in the lead run on an infield error by normally sure-handed second baseman Mark Belanger, who dropped a perfect throw from shortstop Luis Aparicio.

Jordan Todman

He set a career high when he ran for 222 yards during a nationally televised game on ESPN against Pittsburgh, on the same day it was announced that he was not named a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award.

Karanja Mack

He made his debut for the Barracudas in their first competitive game on April 17, 2011, a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Blues.

Kim Shushun

Coincidentally, he played the game on the same day as his teacher, Cho Chikun, played in the final of the NEC Cup.

Kung-Fu Chess

The game was created by the independent Shizmoo Games in the beginning of the 2000s, and was arguably the most popular game on the company's past website.

Liam Coyle

After 3 goals in 9 total appearances he moved to his home town club making his Derry debut alongside Tim Dalton, Kevin Brady, Paul Doolin and Noel Larkin at Finn Park in an Ulster Tyre Cup game on 24 July 1988.

Madison 56ers

They lost to the Sacramento Knights 2-0 in the NPSL championship game on July 29, 2006, with Anthony Chimienti and Alfredo Renteria scoring in the final 19 minutes.

Maggie Rose

She also collaborated with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic to write "Get Ya Game On" and produce the song's music video for the network's coverage of the Baltimore Ravens and Washington Redskins during the 2013 NFL season.

Mark Gottsche

His father read the GAA rulebook and became a passionate supporter of Gaelic games, passing his fascination with the game on to his son.

Marshawn Lynch

After Lynch was shown eating the candy during a nationally-televised game on December 5, 2011, Mars offered him a two-year supply of Skittles and a custom dispenser for his locker.

NBA dress code

Stern's dress code stated that all players must dress in business or conservative attire while arriving and departing during a scheduled game, on the bench while injured, and when conducting official NBA business (press interviews, charity events, etc.).

Paraguayan football derby

Not to be denied, Carlos Humberto Paredes, Virginio Cáceres and Walter Avalos all scored for Olimpia to turn the game on its head and win the coveted triple crown.

Patton Versus Rommel

Rather than create a derivative game on the Western Front, Crawford elected to focus the game's design on fog of war and the personalities of American general George Patton and the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Petroleros de Ciudad Madero

In the 1966-1967 tournament the club managed to win only one game on the road, which was against Jabatos de Nuevo León, a 1-0 match.

Race Drivin'

The game was ported to various systems such as the Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and SNES but received sub-par reviews due to the over-demanding requirements (i.e. 3D rendering) of the game on what was still primitive hardware as well as the poor translation of the arcade controls (steering wheel, shifter, etc.) to the new platform's controls.

Reel Fishing III

Reel Fishing and Reel Fishing II were followed by Reel Fishing III, the last console game of the series for the PlayStation series, but it went on to have some games on the PSP and a game on a Nintendo console.

TerraTopia

It was quite often a standard issue game on most computers that came equipped with Windows 95 in the mid to late 1990s.

TetraVex

TetraVex is also available as an open source game on the GNOME desktop as part of the GNOME Games collection under GNU GPL.

Timmy Chang

Chang played in his first regular season game on June 30, 2007 against the Calgary Stampeders when he replaced the struggling Jason Maas towards the end of the fourth quarter, completing his first career CFL pass, a 51-yard pass to Jesse Lumsden, overall finishing 4 of 7 for 86 yards.

Tony Moeaki

He scored his first NFL touchdown in his first NFL game on Monday Night Football on September 13, 2010 on a 2-yard pass from quarterback Matt Cassel against the San Diego Chargers.

Tony O'Connor

A native of Ballymun, O'Connor began his league career at Home Farm, making his debut against Galway United in the opening game on the 19th of October 1986.

UC Santa Barbara Events Center

Dave Chappelle performed comedy on June 2, 2004, while The Killers played at The Thunderdome on April 6, 2007 and the Harlem Globetrotters played an exhibition game on February 15, 2007.

Vila Nova Futebol Clube

During a game on May 1, 2011 at the Serra Dourada, both teams were involved in a mass brawl on and off the pitch after the Campeonato Goiano semifinal.

Wakenda, Missouri

The community was founded in 1869 and is named after the Siouan name for Gods River on account of abundance of game on its banks and fish in the stream.

Wojtek Wolski

In his first full professional season, Wolski played in the NHL YoungStars Game on January 23, 2007, a part of the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game festivities held in Dallas.