M’s near AL West title after sweeping Astros. Magic numbers, odds, tiebreakers

Seattle’s “magic number” to win the AL West is three. Any Mariners win or Astros loss lessens that number. Because the Mariners own the head-to-head tiebreaker with Houston, the Astros would need to ...
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A decade on, Joseph McCullough is still making gaming magic

Tabletop game designer Joseph McCullough is forever on a roll. Ten years on, Frostgrave and its sci-fi analog, Stargrave, remain two of the most consistently inventive skirmish miniatures games out ...

Her Video Games Aren’t About Winning. They’re About Connecting.

The artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley wants her audience to actively grapple with her ideas. To experience her work, you ...
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What goes into making a card game

Have you ever wondered what goes into making a card game? It's not just about creating the rules and playtesting. Sometimes ...
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Best Games Where Your Choices Create A Different Game

Until Dawn is essentially a slasher movie simulator where the player's choices directly control who makes it to the credits.

Indie dev says screw it, here's evil Hideo Kojima, and gives players the tools to make their own cameos in horror game about monsters disguised as people

Honey, I know how much you've wanted to become an otherworldly monster in a human skinsuit, so… horror publisher Critical ...