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Angry Birds Won't Tick Off Nokia After All

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:26:14 CDT

Good news for Nokia and fans of Angry Birds who use their phones: Game-maker Rovio says it plans to make a version of the new Angry Birds Space for the Windows Phone 7 platform, despite earlier reports to the contrary, notes Mashable . The game sequel launched on iOS and Android...

Dungeons & Dragons Crowdsources New Rules

Kevin Spak — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:32:05 CST

Nerds of the world, grab your d20s, because Dungeons and Dragons needs you. Wizards of the Coast is relaunching its original roleplaying game, and in a bid to win over disaffected fans, it plans to post the rules online for public play-testing, the New York Times reports. D&D has always...

Angry Birds Get Happy Over Holidays: 6.5M Downloads

John Johnson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:01:37 CST

At this point, maybe phones should just come preloaded with those ubiquitous birds: Game-maker Rovio reports 6.5 million downloads of various Angry Birds versions on Christmas Day, reports All Things D . Which is impressive not just because it's a record and three times more than last year, notes the...

Social Gaming Conquers US

Nick McMaster — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:55:00 CDT

Americans love playing video games on social networks—one in five over the age of 6, or 56 million people, have played the likes of Farmville, Mafia Wars, or countless others at least once, says a new study. Like Nintendo's Wii, social game developers are cashing in on the casual...

FarmVille, Mafia Wars Coming to Yahoo

John Johnson — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:10:58 CDT

Fans of FarmVille and Mafia Wars will soon have a huge new virtual world to conquer. Zynga, creator of the Facebook sensations, has struck a deal to make the games available on Yahoo's homepage and games section, reports Mashable . That will give Zynga a new potential userbase of about 600...

10 Board Games Still Fun for Adults

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:29:27 CDT

You probably loved board games as a kid—and guess what? Some of them are still fun now. Ten of the best, courtesy of teagueb at LikeMe : Payday : It never got as popular as the similar LIFE, but it’s even cooler because it’s measured in real time—meaning “you can...

Iran Launches Islamic Video Games

Jason Farago — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:54:06 CDT

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...

New Addictions for Election Junkies

Kristina Loew — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:45:33 CST

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 as...

Terrible Toy Makeovers

Michael Foreman — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:35:01 CDT

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 the like....