The World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 5 new inductees
Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima join the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York.
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How much are Pokémon cards worth? That depends. Are they rare?
A single pack costs just a few dollars. But a collection of 2,400 rare Pokémon cards from the late 90s and early 2000s just sold at auction in the United Kingdom for nearly $70,000.
Gather your loot, Dungeons & Dragons is on a quest to make it to the big stage
The tabletop role-playing game, which has its 50th anniversary this year, debuts as a theatrical show in New York this weekend. Audiences get to decide what happens in the story by voting on an app.
How do you take a video game and turn it into a compeling narrative?
Hollywood long struggled to successfully adapt video games into scripted works. But in recent years, writers seem to have figured out how to create compelling narratives inspired by video games.
How video games can help people worry less
The mind state of flow is reached when you're completely absorbed in an activity that's challenging, but not too hard. An easy way to achieve flow is by playing video games.
Voting is underway to decide which video games will be selected for hall of fame
The Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., has announced the 12 finalists for this year. After a public vote, four will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in May.
Many gamers are ecstatic that 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' is finally out
Sony's betting big on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The new video game remixes nostalgia for a 1997 classic with top-line graphics and a retooled story.
Have you ever wanted to smell like 'Donkey Kong?' Imagine your answer was yes
The company Elevated Perceptions released an accessory called GameScent. The device attaches to gaming consoles, PCs — even VR goggles, and releases a scent that corresponds with sounds of the game.
Questions are raised about how video games represent the LGBTQ community
A study finds nearly one in five American gamers identify as LGBTQ, but few video games feature LGBTQ characters or storylines.
There's a new star in the world of chess: a child prodigy beats grandmaster
Ashwat Kaushik, 8, a chess prodigy from Singapore recently beat a 37-year-old chess grandmaster at a tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik is now the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster.