games

Jelly Belly Founder David Klein Offers Candy Factory As A Prize

6:58am September 09, 2020

Reminiscent of Willy Wonka, Klein is launching a series of golden ticket treasure hunts across the U.S. He announced the contest in a video message online, offering thousands of dollars in prizes.

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Sports

Virtual Colin Kaepernick Is A Free Agent In EA Sports' 'Madden 21'

6:32am September 09, 2020

This is the first time Colin Kaepernick has been included in the video game franchise since 2016. That's when he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

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Streaming Platform Twitch Helps To Spread Interest In Chess

7:00am September 07, 2020

Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura uses the video-streaming site Twitch to teach others the game. During quarantine he's amassed over 350,000 followers, and renewed interest in the century-old game.

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Video Game Lets Players Experience Being An Economy-Class Passenger

7:03am August 31, 2020

Now that fewer people are flying, you have a chance at a crowded and noisy experience at home. Take a seat in the economy section of a commercial flight — crying baby and all.

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11-Year-Old Girl Breaks Rubik's Cube Guinness World Record

5:56am August 27, 2020

Sankavi Rathan of Canada solved 30 Rubik's cubes — one handed while also hula hooping. The previous record was 25 cubes. She finished all 30 in about an hour.

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The fun of Fall Guys comes in watching its little jelly bean-shaped characters getting whacked around goofy obstacle courses.

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'Fall Guys' Is Candy-Colored Party Battle Fun

7:00am August 13, 2020

by Kaity Kline

If you're stressed out by battle royale shooter games like Fortnite, you and your friends may enjoy steering the jelly-bean-esque characters of Fall Guys around an array of goofy obstacle courses.

Players compete in a Magic: The Gathering tournament at Hasbro's HASCON in 2017.

Arts

In The Pandemic Era, This 'Gathering' Has Lost Some Of Its Magic

7:00am July 30, 2020

by Keller Gordon

Magic: The Gathering is a popular collectible card game that's been around for years. But it can be an expensive hobby, and it thrives on in-person play. The pandemic has knocked players for a loop.

A high-contrast mode makes The Last of Us II more accessible to visually impaired gamers.

'The Last Of Us Part II' Presents An Accessible Apocalypse

10:20am July 20, 2020

by Vincent Acovino

The Last of Us, released in 2013, was praised for its rich story and environment. The legacy of its sequel, out now, may be how many gamers are able to play it thanks to enhanced accessibility.

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In Wolfenstein II: New Colossus, our hero B.J. Blazkowicz has grown into far more than a couple of chunky pixels — but he still kills a lot of Nazis.

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Reading The Game: Wolfenstein II

7:00am July 20, 2020

by Jason Sheehan

Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at The New Colossus, a surprisingly heartfelt entry in the classic Castle Wolfenstein series. (Yes, you still shoot Nazis.)

Ghost of Tsushima gives players a gorgeous world to explore, but the game's story is dragged down by flat characters.

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Saving The World — But First, A Haiku — In 'Ghost Of Tsushima'

2:00pm July 17, 2020

by Kaity Kline

Sucker Punch's new samurai combat game gives players a gorgeous open world to explore, haikus to write and enemies to defeat — but the characters can be flat, leading to moments of dull gameplay.