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Games

A family plays a game of Snapdragon, from the December 25,1858 issue of the <em>Illustrated London News</em>.

Victorians' Christmas Parlor Games Will Leave You Burned, Bruised, And Puking

Do not try them at home.

George Pendle December 22, 2016

Found: The Original Ad for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo was getting ready to bring its gaming system to the U.S.

Sarah Laskow December 20, 2016

A typical table from the International Puzzle Party 2016.

Solving the Mystery of the Secret International Puzzle Party

Only true collectors are invited to this hidden celebration of mechanical puzzles.

Eric Grundhauser September 23, 2016

Inside the Budapest Escape Room That Started the Worldwide Craze

Why Hungarians are so good at puzzles—from Houdini and Rubik's Cubes to escape rooms.

Jennifer Walker August 26, 2016

Permanently Closed

Pinball into infinity.

Banning, California

The Museum of Pinball

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

space exploration

Found: A Lot of Planets, Minerals, and Strange Creatures in 'No Man's Sky'

The long anticipated game is finally here.

Sarah Laskow August 9, 2016

How a Small Group of Devotees Are Saving Neopets From Extinction

25 million people once raised Neopets. A few thousand persevere today, in what has become a virtual ghost town.

Lauren Young August 2, 2016

Vintage D. Gottlieb & Co. game

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville Pinball Museum

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Puzzlers Just Got a Little Closer to Solving Gravity Falls' Final Mystery

Dipper and Mabel's epic summer is still keeping it weird, months after the show went off the air.

Sarah Laskow and Eric Grundhauser July 26, 2016

If You Love Pokémon Go, Thank This 15-Year-Old Alternate Reality Game

Replaying The Beast, the groundbreaking game from the movie A.I.

Eric Grundhauser July 15, 2016

Found: Vintage and Extremely Rare Version of a Nintendo 64 Console

It's a 64DD meant for English-speaking markets.

Sarah Laskow July 14, 2016

A Doduo in Sokcho.

You Can Only Play Pokémon Go in South Korea in This One Seaside Town

The "Pokémon Go holy land on the peninsula" is being mobbed.

Cara Giaimo July 13, 2016

People Are Already Using Pokémon Go as a Real Estate Selling Point

Who needs parking when you could live near a PokéStop?

Cara Giaimo and Sarah Laskow July 12, 2016

A new method for frightening Pokemon trespassers.

Pokémon Go Players Keep Hanging Out In This Alaskan Septic Field

Stop the madness.

Cara Giaimo July 12, 2016

The Westboro Baptist Church gets in on the fun.

The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go

“We recruited Jigglypuff to deal with the sodomite Clefairy" is probably not a sentence you thought you'd read today.

Cara Giaimo July 11, 2016

The Card Maker Who Brought the Joker Into the World

Samuel Hart introduced America to what would soon become the most annoying card ever.

David Doochin July 8, 2016

Entrance to the National Bowling Stadium, with its 80-foot bowling ball sculpture

National Bowling Stadium

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Watch These Guys Climb 80-Foot Poles in Just 13 Seconds

Sprinting up a vertical surface: challenging, but possible.

Tao Tao Holmes May 19, 2016