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06.09.2008 11:40 pm

Chess and hip-hop mix it up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Who’d have thought that the game of chess and hip-hop music are in tune with each other?

A story Monday on NPR’s “All Things Considered” explains the nature of this fascinating relationship …

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02.17.2008 12:34 am

Video games will open the Olympic Games

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gaming is not yet a sanctioned Olympic event, but it nonetheless will be featured at the Beijing Summer Games in August.

The Global Gaming League says it has inked a deal with Olympics organizers to make video games the featured attraction…

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02.11.2008 11:53 am

‘Monopoly,’ ‘Yahtzee’ heading for consoles, phones

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Monopoly” is going digital.

Game publisher Electronic Arts says it will help develop digital versions of popular Hasbro board games such as the famous New Jersey-based “Monopoly” and release a few of them later this year for gaming consoles as well as mobile…

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01.29.2008 12:19 am

The greatest myths of video games, revisited

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ever wondered why the game “Donkey Kong” featured a monkey?

Or whether Saddam Hussein tried pooling PlayStation 2s to create a “supercomputer”?

And how about that tale from way back about Atari uncermoniously dumping unsold video games in the New…

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01.23.2008 12:10 am

Video games help surgeons with their skills

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The next time you prepare to go under the knife, ask the surgeon whether he has played any video games lately.

If he has, rest easy.

A study conducted in Phoenix involving eight trainee doctors at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center found…

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