Gifts for entertainment fans

Know someone who loves entertainment? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.

• Concert Going

  The phrase "encore" comes from the French, meaning "again."

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• Game Streaming (Twitch, YouTube)

  The term "Twitch Plays Pokémon," where viewers collectively control a single Pokémon game, demonstrated the surprising emergent behavior possible through mass-participation game streaming.

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• Games

  The original "Pac-Man" arcade game was designed with only 256 possible maze patterns.

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• Gaming

  The world's first video game, "Tennis for Two," was created in 1958 and played on an oscilloscope.

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• Home Theater

  The term "home theater" didn't become widely used until the late 1990s, despite the concept of enjoying movies at home existing much longer.

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• Live Entertainment

  The term "rock and roll" was first used in print in 1951, but live rock and roll shows didn't become truly widespread until a few years later.

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• Live Gaming

  The first live-streamed video game tournament with a significant prize pool was for Quake in 1997.

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• Oprah Winfrey

  Oprah Winfrey's first job was as a news anchor at a Nashville television station at the age of 19.

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• Performing Arts & Live

  The longest-running Broadway show is *The Phantom of the Opera*, having run for over 30 years.

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• Streaming Services

  Netflix originally sent its DVDs in red envelopes.

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• Streaming Wars

  Disney+ launched with a significantly smaller content library than its competitors Netflix and Hulu, yet quickly gained subscribers due to its established brand recognition and popular franchises like Marvel and Star Wars.

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