In the late 2000s, “mobile-first” emerged as a design discipline. The argument was a single sentence: don’t design for the big screen and squeeze it down. Start with the small screen, the harder ...

Pokémon trading card kiosks were supposed to be a nice alternative to retail stores, where reselling vultures camp overnight to nab stock the moment it goes on sale. Instead, the vending machines just ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

Late Pleistocene, Early Holocene, Middle Holocene, and Late Holocene diagnostic and probable prehistoric Native American dice (images courtesy Robert J. Madden) New research published in the journal ...

Cultures around the world have been playing games of chance for millennia. Previously, historians had discovered examples of dice dating back some 5,500 years. But new research may push back that ...

More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice—thousands of years before similar tools appeared elsewhere. These bone “binary lots” acted like ...

Chris is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience covering games and has a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Central Lancashire. He's mainly focused on guides, but has ...

When playing Magic: The Gathering, all you need to get started is a deck of cards, maybe some sleeves to keep them pristine, and a playmat to make picking them up off the table much easier. But many ...

I love games where you make increasingly bigger numbers. Games like Balatro, Luck Be a Landlord, and Nubby’s Number Factory have consumed immense amounts of my time. While many people this month have ...

Your favorite equipment might get you hurt. These are the gym machines you should never use and their safer, more effective alternatives. Let’s be clear: Not all fitness equipment is created equal.

Dice candles that look clean, detailed, and surprisingly realistic using an easy method you can try at home. This step by step tutorial covers the full process from choosing the right wax and wick to ...