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March 12, 2006
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. One boy asks another "Do you like Xbox?"
March 2006
- The April issue of Wired magazine includes 14 tiny pictures of the Super Mario character over 14 pages of its video games articles. The pictures are from different games, 1981 to present.
April 14, 2006
- ComputerWorld Canada newspaper features an article "Enterprise enters the gaming world" including a close-up picture of a Sony PlayStation controller.
April 14, 2006
- ComputerWorld Canada newspaper includes an article "Gaming has some lessons for software developers" including a picture of Nintendo's Mario character climbing out of a personal computer monitor.
May 6, 2006
| The British Broadcasting Corporation airs the television show Doctor Who in the United Kingdom. Character Mickey Smith is wearing a t-shirt with a controller from the original Nintendo Entertainment System, with text below "Know Your Roots". | 
(Copyright 2006 British Broadcasting Corporation) |
May 14, 2006
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child plays a handheld video game resembling the Sony PlayStation Portable. | 
(Copyright 2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
May 15, 2006
- The National Broadcasting Company airs The Apprentice TV show in the US. Two teams of job interview contestants create displays of the Xbox 360 video game system for use in a department store.
May 23, 2006
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the USA. A brief scene takes place in a video game arcade. | 
(Copyright 2006 Nickelodeon) |
June 22, 2006
| Columbia Pictures releases the film Click to theaters in Australia and Puerto Rico. Two arcade games appear, OutRun and Donkey Kong. |  
(Copyright 2006 Columbia Pictures) |
July 6, 2006
| Detroit Public Television airs the My Bedbugs TV show in the USA. One of the main characters plays video games continuously for years. A handheld system strongly resembles the Nintendo Game Boy. |   
(Copyright 2006 Detroit Public Television) |
July 21, 2006
- Entertainment Film Distributors releases the film Stormbreaker to theaters in the United Kingdom. A Nintendo DS appears.
September 4, 2006
- The September 4 issue of Business Week includes an image of a teen boy with a Nintendo Game Boy Advance as an example of a "maturiteen".
September 24, 2006
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A scene takes place at a video game arcade, "Captain Blip’s Zapateria". Some games are Click Clack, Unipede, Remington Steele: The Game, Rocky III vs. Clara Peller, Space-Tac-Toe, Monkey Kong, Polybius, Triangle Wars. |       
(Copyright 2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
October 4, 2006
| Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A character wears a t-shirt saying "Dwarf Needs FOOD!", a reference to the Gauntlet video games. | 
(Copyright 2006 Comedy Central) |
October 30, 2006
| CW Television Network airs the TV show The Game in the USA. Two men play a football game on an Xbox 360 with wireless controllers. | 
(Copyright 2006 CBS Paramount Network Television) |
November 6, 2006
YTV airs the TV show Weird Years in Canada.
- In a dream, a kid meets Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games.
- To cross a river, he jumps across logs like in game Frogger.
- In a zoo, a gorilla throws barrels like in Donkey Kong.
- A turtle is jumped on (100 points) and kicked (200 points) like in Super Mario Bros..
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(Copyright 2006 Corus Entertainment) |
November 12, 2006
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. An army recruiter asks kids "How many of you like video games?".
December 17, 2006
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A boy asks Santa Claus for "one of those video game chairs that vibrate".
January 28, 2007
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A man asks a boy wearing an electronic glove "What's the PowerGlove for?", a reference to the Mattel PowerGlove controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System. | 
(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
March 4, 2007
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child and his psychiatrist play the video game "Death Kill City II - Death Kill Stories". |   
(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
March 11, 2007
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A rec room includes arcade game "Triangle Wars". | 
(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
May 20, 2007
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A handheld video game looking like an original Nintendo GameBoy appears. | 
(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
July 25, 2007
Twentieth Century-Fox Film releases the film The Simpsons Movie in theaters in various countries.
- A handheld video game system appears, looking like the original Nintendo Game Boy. The game Baby Blast is played on it.
- An arcade game is called Grand Theft Walrus, a parody of Grand Theft Auto.
- The remains of a destroyed arcade are shown.
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(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century-Fox Film) |
September 23, 2007
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- Arcade game called "Time Waster" appears.
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(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
November 11, 2007
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A video game is played on a system like the PlayStation, with similar controllers.
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(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
November 18, 2007
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- An ad for a Atari 2600 video game system appears on the back of a comic book.
- A toy store has two arcade video game machines: Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution.
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(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
November 25, 2007
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A video game controller and a steering wheel controller appear.
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(Copyright 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
January 27, 2008
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- Sonic the Hedgehog appears on a billboard promiting marriage.
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(Copyright 2008 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) |
More to find:
- there's an M & A (mergers and acquisitions) term called 'Pac-Man Defense' named after Pac-Man.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of Video Game Systems
Top Selling Video Games by Month
Polsson's Garage Sale - Video Games
Amazon.com - Ken P's Video Game Picks
Disney References in Pop Culture
Personal Computer References in Pop Culture
Corvette References in Pop Culture
Ken P's Today in History
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