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July 11th, 2016, 12:05
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I'd put Doom up there. When it was first released, people would crash workplace networks because they'd all be playing deathmatch. It came out at the height of the Satanism panic too, so news media went crazy over it for a long while. Church magazines specifically warned people to keep their families away from Doom, and it was still controversial in 1999, when after the Columbine shootings it was dubbed a mass murder simulator by a serious researcher.
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July 11th, 2016, 22:15
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I rarely if ever think you're completely off-base T-Hawk, but I think you're completely off base smile I've heard more real-life and TV/web-journalism stories from non-gamer folks about Pokemon: Go in the last 48 hours than I've heard about Portal ever.

Unless I'm missing a nuance in the question, I'd suggest even GTA: V had a lot more crossover non-gamer interest than Portal.
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July 12th, 2016, 08:43
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Yeah, you're right. Every gamer knew Portal immediately, but it didn't spill out into mainstream media as Pokemon Go has. Doom and Mortal Kombat did, though it wasn't instantaneous back in that era, they ranged over several months. Each of the GTAs reached the casual gamer (the frat-bro type who buys Madden every year) but weren't really specifically noticed beyond that.

Wii Sports probably is the only other time a video game spilled over into mainstream coverage so much so fast.
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July 12th, 2016, 08:52
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How quick did Candy Crush catch on? (Farmville I think was a slow burn one)
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#15
July 12th, 2016, 23:01
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I've been enjoying it, it's kind of ghoulish tho how a lot of "old media" outlets are practically salivating with anticipation for some kid to get themselves killed playing it.
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July 13th, 2016, 02:17 (This post was last modified: July 13th, 2016, 02:18 by Jowy.)
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(July 11th, 2016, 11:14)T-hawk Wrote:
(July 10th, 2016, 20:34)scooter Wrote: When's the last time a game has caused this much instant hysteria? Wii Sports? Pokemon Red/Blue?

The right answer is Portal.

Not Pokemon Red/Blue. That caught on with a slower burn over a period of a few months to a year. It was before the internet was universal enough for every meme to spread everywhere instantly.

A few others that come to mind: Grand Theft Auto 3 and 4, the first Halo, Half-Life 2, Bioshock. But Portal is the last one that hit such a big phenomenon so instantly, and did it just as the social media networks were coming together to spread it.

World of Warcraft maybe? I don't think people actually played it or knew what it really was, but everyone had a (usually negative) opinion on it.

Mobile games almost feel like a different form of media. Like a mid-point between gambling and video games.
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