A new video game is on the cutting edge of interactive storytelling, though in some ways its still behind stories written in the 1970s. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As The Voice) And we could give you the ...

Many things have contributed to the success of Dungeons and Dragons over the past decade. The rise of actual play, such as shows like Critical Role, have opened up these games to a much wider audience ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Board games and card games make great gifts because they can provide lots of fun for years to come, and ...

The role-playing game genre is one of video game history’s oldest and most prolific, going back to the early 1970s, long before people had computers in their homes. RPGs were a natural evolution of ...

What are massively multiplayer online role-playing games? Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are games that simulate quasi-infinite universes in which players evolve and act ...

Joe Fielder has had a subversive agenda for almost 20 years. Like most secret plots, it probably went unnoticed that he’s been good at executing it. Unlike such plots, though, his intent is decidedly ...

21st May 1974: From left to right, John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. (Photo by John ...

In 2011, the comedy website CollegeHumor, today known as Dropout, released a hilarious skit online that indicated a common thread between devoutly religious people and nerds. The argument made, in a ...

For decades, tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons were played in the privacy of the home, the dice rolling and ...