Poles have been lining up to buy a new board game called “Kolejka” (The Queue), which recreates the tedious shopping experience of communist-era Poland. Crowds of people, including those who remember standing for days in lines, lined up at the state-run Institute of National Remembrance to buy the game. The game’s very functional box (pictured […]
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If you want to learn something new, the best way to do it is to make a game out of it. The more fun everyone has while paying the game, the more information they will retain. It is that same basic idea that has made You’ve Been Sentenced! such a big hit. The game, which
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Have you ever been stuck inside on a freezing night and looked in the cupboard for a board game to play only to find nothing interesting? What’d you do next? Did you flop down on the sofa and watch a recorded episode of American Inventor, or did you jump into action and make your own?
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What is considered one of the most frequently downloaded iphone apps also happens to be a creation from the mind of a 14 year old boy, reports The US Daily. “I just wanted to make an iPhone app. I thought it would be cool. And I wanted to see if I could do it,” Robert
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It took a lot of hard work and patience, but Square Shooters has finally been taken off the ice and released on dice reports TheTelegraph.com. Created by Carmelyn Calvert of Eldred with help from her best friend and business partner, Paula Johnson of Nutwood, the inventors call the game the “first deck of cards on
Jeff Cicatko has always amused himself by making board games. His father even told him that he should make a living doing it when he grew up, reports HamptonRoads.com. After a stint in the insurance business, he created a new game revolving around competitive surfing – just in time for the Christmas shopping season. Called
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Sure, you love video games, but how’d you like a chance to make them? According to AppScout.com, training site GameSpark has launched a new online program that lets video game fans make their own games at home. The program features video tutorials and game-ready resources, letting anyone quickly create decent-looking games. The site currently has
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Put down your Monopoly counters and pack up your Cluedo pieces because a new board game has arrived in Wokingham. The Wokingham Times reports that entrepreneur Phil Annets revealed his first toy venture, Whirred Play, last week when he showed the game to residents at Barkham Post Office. The game is a clever word challenge
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According to The San Francisco Chronicle Jim Schutz tried everything to get lifelong friend Jeff Hagen to lose weight after Hagen hit 290 pounds and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. He tried encouragement, shame, humor and anger. Nothing worked until he appealed to Hagen’s love of fantasy football. < blockquote>I realized that if I
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According to a story in The Sydney Morning Herald, a stay-at-home mother of four from south-west Sydney could make a fortune out of a simple Nintendo DS accessory she invented out of frustration. Janene Samuel, 42, invented the Gametag after her young kids kept losing their Nintendo DS games, costing her close to $100 every
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