In dusty excavation reports and antiquarian volumes, a lawyer-turned-archaeologist has uncovered evidence that upends the known history of human gambling. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News ...

Here’s yet more proof that AI is playing 3D chess while we’re playing checkers. A gameplaying AI system has cracked a cryptic, Roman-era board game that has baffled scientists for a century, as ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all ...

Game Science unveiled its new game, Black Myth: Zhong Kui It’s the second entry in the Black Myth series The game is a single-player action RPG for PC and consoles The teaser introduces the titular ...

It would be inaccurate to say that the racing game genre has been in a total slump over the last few years. After all, Mario Kart World was one of the best-selling games of 2025 — as was the ...

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Like so many technological and cultural innovations, video games went through a phase of being blamed for all manner of society’s ills as they became more popular. But as all but the most committed ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Gaming science reveals how video games boost cognitive skills like memory and attention, with NIH studies showing gamers perform like people years younger. Pixabay, Vika_Glitter Video games have long ...

If you were a fan of the original, you’ll want to try Ark 2 when it finally makes its debut in the marketplace. Regardless, you’ll find yourself on a strange world full of contradictions Such as ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have shown that players of the online citizen science game Foldit can successfully refine and improve ...