What is Personalized video game?
A '''personalized video game''' is a video game made for specific people, usually as a luxury [[gift]]. It can contain personal information of who the game is for. They are usually made for birthdays, [[anniversary|anniversaries]] and [[marriage proposal|engagement proposals]]. == History == A short time after the [[video game industry]] started, personalized video games were first given as luxury gifts. In a well-known example, [[Kevin Smith]] gave a game to [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]] where Lopez must find and rescue Affleck from a kidnapping.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.geek.com/games/hollywood-couple-get-personalized-video-game-550068/|title=Hollywood couple get personalized video game - Geek.com|date=2002-12-03|work=Geek.com|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920124034/https://www.geek.com/games/hollywood-couple-get-personalized-video-game-550068/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Amuse Me, one of the first professional services, was started by Abdel Bounane in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/arts/inspired-by-your-life-a-custom-designed-video-game.html|title=Inspired by Your Life, a Custom-Designed Video Game|last=Pfeiffer|first=Alice|date=2011-11-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Games were made manually and cost up to $67,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kotaku.com/5861673/for-just-67000-these-guys-will-make-a-custom-video-game-about-your-life|title=For Just $67,000, These Guys Will Make a Custom Video Game About Your Life|last=Hamilton|first=Kirk|work=Kotaku|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US}}</ref> Florent Deloison, one of Amuze Me's game artists, said “Amuse Me makes personalized games in one’s image, like having your portrait made by a painter,”. TinglyGames, a developer based in the Netherlands, started Greeting Games in 2014. Users were able to customize and send casual games as [[e-card|e-cards]] themselves.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https:/