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Arcade veteran seeks to be pinball wizard

Interview by

Kai Ryssdal

Jan 21, 2013

Video may have killed the pinball machine, but arcade veteran Jack Guarnieri aims to give it new life.

Posted In: pinball, games, video games

Opus Dei battles game-maker in court

Malcolm Brabant

Dec 20, 2012

A squabble between Opus Dei, the exclusive Catholic organization, and a small Danish game-maker, has ended up in court. At issue is a card game.

Posted In: legal, games, courts, Opus Dei

Monopoly the movie?

Kai Ryssdal

Oct 5, 2012

Unfortunately, "Battleship" wasn't the last board game-turned-movie.

Posted In: Monopoly, games, movies

Floppy disks live on as metaphors

John Moe

Jul 4, 2012

A look at folders, files, camera clicks and other persistent analogies in technology.

Posted In: games, videogames

Hasbro changes the rules of board game biz

Bob Moon

Apr 23, 2012

Hasbro plans to revamp games like Monopoly and Life, after a 10 percent industry slump in game and puzzle sales last year.

Posted In: Hasbro, toys, games

Greenpeace says Apple and Amazon have dirty clouds

John Moe

Apr 19, 2012

Greenpeace says some companies running cloud services are doing better than others from an environmental stewardship point of view. It gives Amazon and Apple Fs. Plus, "The Legend of Grimrock" shows you the fun to be had while trapped in a dungeon.

Posted In: apple, Amazon, Google, cloud computing, games, video games

Yes, Mac users, you can get malware and it's on the rise

John Moe

Apr 6, 2012

The Flashback Trojan has infected over 600,000 Mac computers around the world, most of them in the United States, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Plus, a new driving game where you are the road.

Posted In: apple, PC, mac, malware, trojan, games