The Orange County Register: Ever wanted to play a board game about San Clemente? Beth Yamamuro, a language teacher and mother, designed the game to test people’s knowledge of the city. Players spin a dial that lands on one of four categories: eat, shop, play or live. Players then draw a card related to the […]
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If your kid looks at lemonade stands and card trading as opportunities to rake in the dough instead of an afternoon diversion, WalletPop suggests you check out Biz in a Boxx. This is one game you can give your budding entrepreneur that could potentially have excellent ROI (return on investment.) The Biz in a Boxx
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PC World says file this under “didn’t see that coming,” but the folks who make the Major League Baseball 2K games, 2K Sports, just awarded a 24-year-old Alabama gamer $1,000,000 for throwing a perfect game in MLB 2K10. That’s right mom and dad, playing video games does pay. And how. Wade McGilberry pitched a perfect
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Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga, runs the most successful social game company on Facebook, with more than 252 million monthly active users for games such as FarmVille. According to Venturebeat, his company has nearly 800 employees and is worth, by one educated estimate, about $5 billion. So his advice counts when it comes to
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Age-neutral, board-free and un-scored; fast-paced, portable and creative: These are just some of the words used to describe Bananagrams, a word game invented by Abe Nathanson. The Brown Daily Herald reports that Nathanson explained how the inspiration for Bananagrams came after a two-hour-long Scrabble game with his grandson three or four years ago. Frustrated with
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Leslie Scott is the inventor of Jenga, the co-founder of Oxford Games Ltd, and the author of ‘About Jenga: The Remarkable Business of Creating a Game that Became a Household Name, according to a story at Inventors Digest. Born and raised in Africa, and educated in Sierra Leone, Kenya and England, Scott worked for Intel
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While the rules of poker are simple and the game itself is quite accessible, success typically requires more skill than luck. Venturebeat reports there’s a wisdom there that we can take from the game and apply to the startup life. Calculate the odds — Good poker players calculate two kinds of odds before playing: the
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Mashable reports Zynga’s legion of social gamers have a new way to buy virtual goods —- pre-paid game cards that will be available for purchase at a combined more than 12,800 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Target and Gamestore stores. The deal sees $10 and $25 cards for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and YoVille go on sale at
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Using a few household items, $11 worth of plastic ducks and an idea, Riley Magnuson has created a new pool game and landed himself on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Reports The Orange County Register. Riley is the creator of a swimming pool game he’s named and trademarked “Chuck the Duck.” Riley and his mother, Christine
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California-based SmartyRents uses the Netflix model to help parents keep their children aged 9 months to 10 years old challenged and entertained, according to trendspotter Springwise. The effort was launched just last week by two former teachers, which is why it also focuses on games with an educational bent. Included in its inventory, for example,
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