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The legendary 1980s home computer could do things computers costing thousands of dollars couldn't. It sold for as low as $190.

Checkmate, death.

One scholar says large American family rooms made the childhood game popular.

The current record may never be broken.

Add some new ammunition to your Scrabble arsenal.

Turning a profit in "American Mall" is harder than it looks.

Video games are designed to get you in the zone, and listening to their soundtracks can help you focus outside the game, too.

Animal Crossing is one of the video game giant's quirkier franchises, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a worldwide hit.

<em>Alder Play</em> features videos, activities, and virtual rewards designed to shepherd kids through their hospital stay. 

Some games require skill and can be won, but others are so impossible, they're basically rigged.

It’s harder than you’d think, even if you consider yourself a news junkie.

Few games took a straightforward path to success.

Can you pick the full U.S. state names that appear in Monopoly property names?

18-year-old Lily Hevesh claims that she broke an unofficial world record with her elaborate installation.

Unearthed from a more than century-old building, the tile has a tale to tell about the waves of immigration in New York.

Bring your campaign to life, LEGO-style.

More ways than there are atoms on Earth. But why?

In the '70s, the family could settle in for a nice, relaxing game of 'Town Dump.'

John Spinello sold the board game idea for $500. Though he never regretted it, the extra money certainly would have come in handy in 2014.

Before they invaded Pizza Hut and Walmart, FBI agents were busy smashing them to bits.