In a sense, human beings are constantly playing games with one another. Whether finding one’s place in the pecking order, testing another’s mettle, angling for scarce resources or more desirable ...

This content is sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association. Traditionally, video games may have been viewed as something for kids as a way to pass the time and have a little fun, but that ...

For the crime of obliterating high culture, for the crime of getting off on vicarious degradation—and, above all, for the crime of sitting through any movie that resembles the one he’s ...

Avoid games like Cards Against Humanity and Trivial Pursuit due to either fizzling out or a lack of interest. Risk and Monopoly are great, but often go unfinished; they're better suited to hardcore ...

Twice a month, my dad and I boarded the crowded elevator outside of my orthodontist’s office, and decided that we were no longer ourselves: We were in character as the world’s most insufferable, ...

Introduction / Katy Beale -- Case studies : creating games for museums. History at play : games, learning theory and play spaces at Conner Prairie / David Allison ; I spy : interpreting artworks ...

There was a time when video games were only a couple of hours long. These days, however, giants like Baldur’s Gate 3 are stretching upwards of a hundred hours. Not everyone is lucky enough to have so ...