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NEWS ABOUT: games

games stories: 10 news summaries

Iran Launches Islamic
Video Games


Aug 21, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Video game developers are in Cologne for one of Europe's biggest gaming conventions, and one booth is standing out: the Iranian National Foundation for Computer Games, which is trying to get a foothold in the West. The games have a decidedly nationalist slant, reports the BBC. One game is a... More »

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Iran • games • Cologne • video game developers • video games

 New Addictions 
 for Election Junkies 

Games and Google Trends, Webisodes and Weaving, there's lots to choose from

Nov 6, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - With the election finally over, Web-surfing news junkies are in need of a new fix. Slate offers a few ways to fritter away the hours:
  • Follow the financial crisis: Exciting, depressing, full of numbers—the best way to keep that election high going just a little longer. Sites such
... More »

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games • politics • web • time • diversions • boredom

OPINION

 Terrible Toy Makeovers 


Aug 23, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toy companies keep reinventing our favorite childhood playthings, but the new versions almost never stack up. Babble lists 20 classic toys that didn't need facelifts:
  • Monopoly: Give us our thimble back! The game that taught us to handle money has become an ad for SpongeBob, American Idol and
... More »

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games • marketing • list • toys • Monopoly

D&D DNA Endures in Digital Era

Co-creator's death comes on eve of  game's reinvention

Mar 11, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax valued interaction and innovation above all. He devised the game with friends equally inspired by war games and bedtime stories, starting with tabletop battle re-enactments, then injecting magic and mythology into his creations. Wired visits Wisconsin for a lengthy profile that was in the... More »

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games • Dungeons & Dragons • Gary Gygax • geeks • video games

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dead at 69

Gary Gygax rocked
the gaming world

Mar 5, 08 3:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Widely revered Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, regarded as the father of role-playing games, has died at his home in Wisconsin after years of health problems, AP reports. He was 69. Together with Dave Arneson, Gygax created the massively popular medieval fantasy Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 that struck... More »

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games • obituary • gaming • fantasy • author • roleplaying games • Dungeons & Dragons

'Pong' Inventor Muses on Gaming

Oct 23, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nolan Bushnell, often called the father of electronic games, is still masterminding new ways  to mix technology and entertainment, Electronic Design reports. Fusing his experiences as the inventor of Pong and founder of both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, Bushnell has created uWink, a family restaurant where the tables... More »

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games • multiplayer games • Atari • uWink • Pong • Chuck E. Cheese

5 Flash Games to Ease You Into the Workweek

Free online offerings get better at helping you waste time

Oct 8, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flash games aren’t just Tetris rip-offs anymore. Online freebies are more innovative and ambitious than ever, GigaOM says, and they include these five must-play distractions:
  • Grow Cube: A quirky, imaginative puzzler that forces you to think ahead and rewards you with nice animations.
  • Warbears: Lead a crack
... More »

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games • flash • flash games • free online games • Dai Pai Dong • Tanks • Grow Cube • Warbears

Computers Master Checkers

The best outcome human players can hope for against program is a draw

Jul 19, 07 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 18 years of number-crunching, a checkers-playing computer program has conquered the game. Checkers is the most complicated game computers have mastered, Scientific American reports, beating Connect Four by a factor of a million. "I was a bit obsessed," says the lead researcher. "My wife would say... More »

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games • IBM • university • checkers • computer

Bags of Corn, Beer Make for Fun in the Midwest

An old backyard pastime is gaining followers, major sponsors

Jun 28, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - An uncomplicated game called Cornhole is sweeping the Midwest, attracting players  from bars to church picnics. Competing teams toss 1lb bags of dry corn at a 6-inch hole carved into a wooden platform. Said to have originated in Cincinnati as a backyard diversion, Cornhole is now spreading to such cities... More »

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games • Midwest • Chicago • Milwaukee • corn • beer • cornhole • corn bags • Indianopolis • American Cornhole Association • Bags • Cincinnati • Baggo

THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT SUDOKU

The godfather of sudoku has hundreds more in the pipeline

Mar 21, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nikoli, the Japanese publisher that turned sudoku into a blockbuster, has about 250 more where that came from, most of them unknown outside Japan. Founded by a college dropout with a horseracing habit, the company doesn't invent puzzles, it relies on its readership to submit ideas, as well as help... More »

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games • sudoku • Nikoli • puzzles • Japan

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