24 h. ago Virtual Monopoly, Uno and Yahtzee over the real thing? No thanks | Dominik Diamond

When our family board game night got cancelled, I sampled digital spins on the classics instead. I’m not sure I should have bothered – with one exception I don’t play video game versions of board games. Why would you? The whole point of video games is to be faster, more visually arresting, and less reliant on other humans than old games played with dice and cards. But a recent family board game night was derailed by clashing schedules and family civil war, so I spent a Saturday night trying them out on the iPhone instead.I started with Uno because that is the old family staple. We still use the Simpsons Uno set we got decades ago. It is simple and comforting, the chicken soup of card games. The iOS version is a different consommé altogether. A three-minute time limit for each round means it is as much about avoiding mistakes as it is about tactics. I like this development, but I miss the family banter (and ruthless switching allegiances) of our real-life family version. It’s not the...

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5 d. ago Out of Words – crafting gaming’s most unusual love story from clay and glue

Most games want you to save the world. This stop-motion adventure wants you to hold someone’s handStop-motion adventure Out of Words was one of the most striking reveals at this year’s Summer Game Fest. While most games are built from code, Out of Words is made from clay, fabric, and glue: a love story literally crafted by hand that even caught the attention of Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima (“The biggest praise we could imagine,” game director Johan Oettinger says.)Oettinger dreamed of making a stop-motion video game since he was 12, when he first played 90s point-and-click claymation game The Neverhood. After years working across films, commercials and installation art, Out of Words became the project to merge these two lifelong passions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Assad's new life in luxury 1,000ft Moscow skyscraper revealed: How exiled Syrian ruler 'spends his days playing video games' in plush flat and country villa

The deposed leader, branded the 'Butcher' for killing his own people, has found a new life in a plush tower after he was toppled in December, bringing an end to 24 years of dictatorship.

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1 week ago Mum's urgent warning as son chokes on item invisible to hospital X

Holly Morrison says her 10-year-old son Michael was playing video games when he began to choke

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3 w. ago Anyone who plays mobile phone games urged to avoid costly mistake

Most of us rely on our mobile phones for communication, entertainment and work, but a common mistake could be causing you a problem, and you may not even realise

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4 w. ago ‘It was just me’: Lone wolf Dallas shooter left note that he wanted to ‘maximize lethality’ against ICE, used app to track agents

Shooter was spotted with ladder on car in early hours in attack with 'high-degree of preplanning', officials say

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4 w. ago Officials say Dallas immigration facility shooter ‘intended to kill Ice agents’ but was not part of ‘any specific group’ – live

Officials said shooter used Ice tracking apps to monitor agents’ movements; Trump blames rise in political violence on ‘radical left not the right’Dozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Dallas ICE shooter, 29, spent SEVENTEEN THOUSAND hours playing video games before opening fire

Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fire on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention camp in Dallas about 7am on Wednesday before killing himself. He became a loner video game addict before attack.

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4 w. ago Dallas ICE shooter Joshua Jahn repeatedly searched for Charlie Kirk shooting video...as his shocking handwritten note is revealed

Joshua Jahn, 29, the shooter who opened fire on an ICE van in Dallas and killed a migrant, repeatedly searched for footage of the Charlie Kirk assassination, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed.

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4 w. ago Dallas ICE shooter Joshua Jahn repeatedly search for Charlie Kirk shooting video...as his shocking handwritten note is revealed

Joshua Jahn, 29, the shooter who opened fire on an ICE van in Dallas and killed a migrant, repeatedly searched for footage of the Charlie Kirk assassination, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed.

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last month Motive of shooter who officials say opened fire at Dallas ICE facility remains unclear

What exactly motivated a shooter who authorities say opened fire from a roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas remains unclear

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last month Mother of Dallas ICE shooter Joshua Jahn is hardline liberal who raged against gun rights

Sharon Jahn, the mother of 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, kept an active Facebook page where she followed everyone from Kamala Harris to an account representing Democratic Socialists.

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