The art of play.

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• Bowling With Brain Waves Mindball, the new game where you move a ball with your mind.
  Daniel Engber Dec. 26, 2006
  
• Wii Is the Champion Nintendo's new console bests the PS3 and the Xbox 360.
  Chris Suellentrop Nov. 20, 2006
  
• Nintendon't The case against the Wii.
  Erik Sofge Nov. 20, 2006
  
• The Lameness of World of Warcraft And what to do about it.
  Chris Dahlen Nov. 14, 2006
  
• Is the PlayStation 3 Any Good? A few things I hate—and one thing I love—about Sony's next-gen console.
  Chris Suellentrop Nov. 6, 2006
  
• 830! How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever.
  Stefan Fatsis Oct. 26, 2006
  
• A Very Special Episode of Half-Life 2 Should video games be more like TV shows?
  Luke O'Brien Sept. 18, 2006
  
• The Lost Don The Godfather: The Game crosses the Corleones and gets away with it.
  Chris Suellentrop June 1, 2006
  
• Why There Are No Indie Video Games And why that's bad for gamers.
  Luke O'Brien May 26, 2006
  
• A Nobel Prize for Donkey Kong? Game designers vie to save the world.
  Chris Baker March 28, 2006