Whether it’s the acrobatic combat of the most recent “Doom” installation or the adorable ways “Animal Crossing” characters socialize, today’s video games blur the line between interactive ...

In a classroom in the University of Virginia’s Clark Hall, a coterie of mad scientists delves into the grisly mythos of the undead to make their own creatures of the night, their own vampires. It’s ...

BOARD GAMES have long fascinated artificial-intelligence (AI) researchers. They have clear rules, well-defined playing fields and objective winners and losers. This makes them perfect “sandpits” for ...

Small choices ripple outward, reshaping the story, characters, and future outcomes. From subtle echoes to life-or-death shifts, diverse titles prove branching choices matter. Impactful choices boost ...

We want to make a board game. It must, of course, teach the world about economics. It must be fun. It'd be nice if it sold lots of copies! How hard could that be!? (Monopoly and Catan are hugely ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 14, 2025. Click here for that audio. Imagine Dragons band members love video games so much that they once made them late to a gig. “We actually ...