Read more games stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/115/games.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:19:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67423/iran-launches-islamic-video-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVideo 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...http://www.newser.com/story/67423/iran-launches-islamic-video-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 5:54:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41866/new-addictions-for-election-junkies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith 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 as...http://www.newser.com/story/41866/new-addictions-for-election-junkies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Nov 2008 19:45:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35287/terrible-toy-makeovers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToy 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 the like....http://www.newser.com/story/35287/terrible-toy-makeovers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 Aug 2008 11:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21271/dd-dna-endures-in-digital-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDungeons & 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...http://www.newser.com/story/21271/dd-dna-endures-in-digital-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Mar 2008 15:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20747/dungeons-dragons-co-creator-dead-at-69.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWidely 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...http://www.newser.com/story/20747/dungeons-dragons-co-creator-dead-at-69.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Mar 2008 3:29:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10053/pong-inventor-muses-on-gaming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNolan 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...http://www.newser.com/story/10053/pong-inventor-muses-on-gaming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Oct 2007 12:49:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9037/5-flash-games-to-ease-you-into-the-workweek.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlash 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 squad of bear...http://www.newser.com/story/9037/5-flash-games-to-ease-you-into-the-workweek.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Oct 2007 11:35:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4557/computers-master-checkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 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 than a...http://www.newser.com/story/4557/computers-master-checkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jul 2007 18:25:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3646/bags-of-corn-beer-make-for-fun-in-the-midwest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 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...http://www.newser.com/story/3646/bags-of-corn-beer-make-for-fun-in-the-midwest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Jun 2007 18:45:39 CDT