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First there was "The Emoji Movie." Is Fruit Ninja next?

Jul 31, 2017
No. 1 at the box office this weekend was Christopher Nolan’s World War II film “Dunkirk.” Right behind it at No. 2 was “The Emoji Movie.” That’s right, a movie about those little pictures you use when you’re texting. It’s yet another in release in a developing trend in Hollywood of making films from sometimes […]

Meet the videogame millionaire

Aug 22, 2014
Charles Forman was down to $1,700. Then, overnight, he became very, very rich.