GAMES

Whether you're a pinhead or prone to panic flips, make sure you know what you're talking about during your next turn at the pinball machine.

John Koza decided to reinvent the lottery—from scratch.

Most humans make moves that are, to some degree, predictable.

AlphaGo has made its most decisive victory, beating Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol four to one in a five-game Go tournament.

Make a game pad out of Play-Doh, bananas, or your own hand.

The show didn't have the budget to let too many kids win.

Wil Wheaton has caused a noticeable boom in the board game industry—and we're not talking Monopoly or Scrabble.

Some of these have been around for over 4000 years—which is about the length of the average Monopoly game.

Up your game with some rainbow playing cards.

In the 1930s, Five of a Kind was a distinct possibility.

Send your 'snownations' to help make it happen.

By typing “@fbchess play” into the chat window, users can challenge any of their Facebook friends to a game of digital chess.

The only winning move is not to play (because the game is rigged).

It's a major victory for artificial intelligence.

Here are 14 fun facts about the Milton Bradley Company to break out at your next board game night.

The third annual Arcade Expo allows attendees to test out hundreds of rare, antique, or novelty machines for a set price.

You were not hallucinating: There was an episode that guest-starred E.T.

Who needs a Game Boy when you could have a remote-controlled vaccuum?

Over the centuries, an English parlor game gradually transformed into a global sport.

The game’s wizardly twist will make you want to buy an extra case of Butterbeer.

Fans of the “party game for horrible people” might send a Picasso to the shredder.

Look, it's Super Mario Bros. 3 running on a PC in 1990! Sort of.

Competitors rely on audio cues to play.