The makers of a smart Rubik's Cube-like puzzle have upped the ante with their game technology with a special-edition Harry Potter-themed chess board, complete with character pieces. But can AI help ...

A recent medical examiner's report revealed the probable cause of death for 29-year-old Daniel Naroditsky. The world-renowned chess grandmaster and recent Stanford graduate is believed to have died ...

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had a mix of dangerous drugs in his system at the time of his mysterious death last year, according to a medical examiner’s report. The report obtained by The ...

I have enjoyed Beast Games as a low-stakes show. It's entertaining, but not the best competition reality TV show I have ever seen. It has been a fun watch, but it hasn’t become the highlight series of ...

In the fall of 2025, I had the great pleasure of attending Tokyo Game Show, a trip that also naturally included a few pit stops to meet local developers and see what they were up to. On the very last ...

Davidson achieved career success, but privately dealt with a strained marriage and a personal family tragedy Pearce/Fairfax Media via Getty; Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images In the 1980s, John Davidson ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces are fixed, top players have relied on memorizing the "best" opening moves, ...

With three 'Ninja Gaiden' games, 'Ghost of Yotei,' and 'Shinobi,' ninjas returned to the gaming forefront in a big way. Reading time 3 minutes We all think ninjas are pretty cool, right? Despite how ...

The gaming world appeared ablaze after the Indie Game Awards announced that it was rescinding the top honors awarded to RPG darling Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 due to the use of generative AI during ...

Danny Strong joins the podcast to discuss stepping into the legacy of Chess, the iconic musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, and the responsibility of ...