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I’m a Chess Expert. Here’s What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Gets Right - The New York Times
The Netflix show about a female chess prodigy in the 1950s and ’60s is one of the best screen adaptations of the game yet. But there are a few wron... (2020)
Kids Flock to Roblox for Parties and Playdates During Lockdown - Bloomberg (2020)
With schools closed, the gaming site offers kids a socially interactive alternative to YouTube "Founded in 2004, Roblox serves up a vast univer... (2020)
reddit: Recommended 2-only player games
(Also see the /r/boardgames Top 5 Two Player games thread for more recent recommendations that cover newer games as well.) (2019)
The Best 2-Player Board Games for Couples to Play at Home Together
This might be the homebody in me talking, but I happen to think date night at home is better than date night out in nearly every way. The drinks ... (2019)
Opinion | Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons - The New York Times
Fighting the dragon queen Tiamat is a much more satisfying way to spend time with my friends than social media ever was. (2019)
She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off. - The New York Times
How Elizabeth Hargrave turned a passion for ornithology and spreadsheets into a popular game about birds. (2019)
7 best board games to teach kids thinking skills - Big Think
Classic board games like Monoploy hold a special place in our culture but many of them require little thought. Lucky for parents, we are living in ... (2019)
Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive - Bloomberg
Virtual currencies from such games as RuneScape are prized in a country whose real money is worthless. (2018)
Sensible Object raises $3.2M to develop first Amazon Alexa-powered board game – GeekWire
A London-based startup that graduated from the inaugural Amazon Alexa accelerator has raised more cash to help develop the first board game powered... (2018)
How A Minecraft Habit Turned Into A Multinational Business
After a series of missteps in video game development, this duo now hosts multi-player servers for the popular game <em>Minecraft</em>. (2015)
Inside Microsoft’s Quest To Turn Minecraft Content Into A Business - Fast Company
Microsoft has paid out $7 million to Minecraft content makers since last June. But it’s just beginning to build out its marketplace... (2018)
When Gamification Goes Wrong (And It Often Does) | Pathgather
Gamification – for better or worse, it’s a common subject when talking about almost all products these days, especially learning products. I know w... (2016)
Where Gamification Went Wrong — and How To Do It Right | Pathgather
Gamification is losing favor in the Learning & Development field. That’s the conclusion of the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2017, which tracks what’... (2017)
HQ Trivia raises $15 million to become the next TV - Axios
Company now valued at $100 million. (2018)
8 Board Games So Beautiful, They’re Works Of Art
A new book showcases 50 vintage board games that put Clue and Candy Land to shame. (2018)
Behind League of Legends, E-Sports’s Main Attraction - The New York Times
Riot Games, creator of the wildly popular League of Legends, says it puts players’ enjoyment above the need to produce profits. And that may be the... (2018)
How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers - The New York Times
While FanDuel and DraftKings look the other way, a small set of sophisticated high rollers is preying upon millions of innocent newbies — like me —... (2018)
Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive - Bloomberg
Virtual currencies from such games as RuneScape are prized in a country whose real money is worthless. (2017)
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's 'bitter griping' after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices | TechCrunch
"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for (2024)
BigBrain aims to bring live mobile trivia back to glory – TechCrunch
If you ask Nik Bonaddio why he wanted to build a new mobile trivia app, his answer is simple. “In my life, I’ve got very few true passions: I love ... (2021)
Codename: Urban Legends is a taste of what Niantic thinks 5G could do for AR gaming - The Verge
Pokémon Go developer Niantic has unveiled Codename: Urban Legends. It’s a multiplayer demo that it hopes shows off the kinds of experiences only 5G... (2021)
How to Solve a Rubik's Cube, Step by Step | WIRED
Follow the eight steps described in this video and you too can start solving Rubik's cubes faster ... and faster ... and faster. (2021)
Card counting - Wikipedia
Card counting is a casino card game strategy used primarily in the blackjack family of casino games to determine whether the next hand is likely to... (2021)
The Real Queen’s Gambit: Elsa Majimbo Winning Over A Global Audience, One Move At A Time
One of the brightest stars to emerge from this year is Kenya-based social media sensation, Elsa Majimbo. Discover how she rose to global superstard... (2020)
Garry Kasparov on how 'The Queen's Gambit' brilliantly moves chess skills to center stage
The Russian grandmaster provided consulting help for the popular Netflix series, explaining how to make the game look more real and add historical ... (2020)
From Unknown Title to Viral Game: 12 Growth Lessons From Spellbreak - a16z
From embracing memes to enabling early evangelists, Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak describes how his team fueled Spellbreak's sleeper success behind th... (2020)
Minecraft Dungeons has charm and potential, but needs lot more time in the furnace
Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, so it’s natural that Microsoft, after buying creator Mojang some years back, would attemp... (2020)
'Glitch' died so Slack could take over offices everywhere, but traces of the game live on
Before Slack became a multibillion-dollar workplace favorite, it was Glitch — a multiplayer online game on the brink of financial failure. (2020)
With new raise, Unity could nearly double valuation to $6 billion
Unity Technologies, the company behind one of the world’s most popular game engines, could nearly double its reported valuation in a new round of f... (2020)
30 board games to play during quarantine with family, two-players, or solo
It's the perfect time to sucker those you live with into playing games with you. (2020)
What The Prisoner's Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. (2024)
POKER CONCEPTS in Action: Ranges, Bluffs, Bubble Play and getting All In
We show all the big hands from a recent WSOP Online Poker Tournament Circuit Event and discuss Ranges, Bluffs, Bubble Play, ICM, going ALL IN and m... (2023)
MIT: Introduction to Poker Theory and Analytics (course)
MIT 15.S50 Poker Theory and Analysis, IAP 2015View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/15-S50IAP15Instructor: Kevin DesmondAn overview of the c... (2023)
The Man Who Created Settlers of Catan
YouTube - The Man Who Created Settlers of Catan... (2020)
How To Play Pandemic Legacy Season 1
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. (2020)
My Little Scythe - How To Play
Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games. In this video we're going to learn how to play My Little Scythe. Board Game Geek's pa... (2020)
Tiny Epic Galaxies - How To Play
Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games! In this episode we're going to learn how to play Tiny Epic Galaxies. INDEX 00:00 - In... (2020)
TechCrunch Live: Roblox, SuperAwesome, and Fingerprint executives discuss the state of kids media
With large majorities of all children (70% in the U.S. and U.K.) staying home from school during the COVID-19 crisis, use of digital media properti... (2020)
3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion | Liv Boeree
Is it better to be lucky or good? Should we trust our gut feelings or rely on probabilities and careful analysis when making important decisions? I... (2018)
Book review: "Game Tek: The First Ten Years" - with Tom Vasel
Tom Vasel takes a look at the book Game Tek: The First Ten Years, authored by Geoff Engelstein! BGG Link: (2018)
BEAT ANY ESCAPE ROOM- 10 proven tricks and tips
Mark Rober Published on Aug 29, 2018 10 tips to dominate any Escape room- Prepare your brain for the Escape room using Brilliant.org. (2018)
Top 10 Story Driven Games - with Tom Vasel
Tom Vasel presents his Top 10 story driven games! Check out the greatest convention on earth - Dice Tower Con! (2018)
Top 10 Worker Placement Games
Tom, Sam, and Zee discuss their current favorites in the popular genre of worker placement games. Check out the greatest convention on earth - Dice... (2018)
Top 10 Camping Games - Dice Tower
Join in as Tom, Sam, and Zee share their picks for best games to take on a camping trip! Check out the friendliest conventions on Earth! Dice Tower... (2018)
Top 10 Games for Preschoolers - with Tom Vasel
Tom Vasel lists his Top 10 games for preschool aged children! Check out the friendliest conventions on Earth! Dice Tower Con! (2018)
Jessica Brillhart, Immersive Director, on VR and AR
Jessica Brillhart - https://twitter.com/brillhart - is the founder of Vrai Pictures - https://www.vrai.pictures/ They’re an independent immersive c... (2018)
How free games are designed to make money - Vox
Vox Published on Jul 21, 2016 "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers. (2018)
Daily Fantasy Sports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on Nov 15, 2015 Daily fantasy sports sites claim they are not gambling enterprises, but they seem awfully…gamblish. I... (2018)
The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The NCAA doesn’t pay athletes because they consider them amateurs. The NCAA considers them amateurs because they don’t get paid. Connect with Last ... (2018)
The Story of Tetris
In 1984, during the Cold War, a Russian programmer named Alexey Pajitnov created something special: A puzzle ga... (2018)
How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan | TEDxYorkU
Using video games to foster community and social interaction. Meet the father who created a Minecraft community for people with autism. Stuart Dun... (2018)
50 Game Camera Mistakes
In this GDC 2014 talk, John Nesky, the dynamic camera designer for thatgamecompany's award-winning PSN title Journey, takes attendees on a tour of ... (2017)
Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia - The Ringer
Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia on The Ringer The live trivia app was once the obsession of the internet, but then it all went wrong ... (2020)
The 'Critical Role' Of Dungeons & Dragons During The Pandemic | Here & Now
The members of the "Critical Role" podcast never imagined their game would become a popular success and a digital media brand. (2021)
a16z Podcast: Cloud Gaming: The Progress and the Mind-Bending Promise
Jade Raymond of Google Stadia discusses how cloud gaming will revolutionize play and unlock unprecedented storytelling and socializing in virtual w... (2020)
Gathering the Magic - 99% Invisible
Magic: The Gathering is a card game and your goal is to knock your opponent down to zero points. But Magic: The Gathering also has a deep mythology... (2019)
Podquiz - weekly trivia quiz podcast
PodQuiz is a weekly trivia quiz podcast. Each week there are twenty questions, some music as an interlude, followed by the answers. Get your Frida... (2021)
Water Cooler Trivia: build team culture with weekly fun
Virtual team building for remote and in-person teams. Spark conversations and connection among coworkers. Build office culture for (remote) teams, ... (2021)
LiChess - The best free, adless Chess server
Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or ra... (2020)
ChessKid.com | Online Chess For Kids
Have your kids play and learn chess online with the best tools (tactics, puzzles, videos, lessons and much more...) at ChessKid.com - the #1 chess ... (2020)
Bridge Base Online - Play Online Bridge
Free online bridge. Largest bridge site in the world. Duplicate, tournaments, money games, vugraph, more. (2020)
Tabletop Simulator on Steam
Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a phy... (2020)
TTS - Tabletop Simulator
online board games with TTS - Tabletop Simulator (2020)
D&D Beyond (website)
So, you’re playing D&D for the first time this week—or maybe just online for the first time. Learn how to create a character and read your characte... (2020)
Fox in a Box - Franchise
Fox in a Box opened the doors of its first real life escape room in 2013, in Vienna, Austria. Today, we are among the leading real life escape fra... (2018)