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Lacing up for a jog.

How games are changing the way we stay fit

Fitness device and app makers are turning to stories, challenges and even our friends to keep us moving .

How games are changing the way we stay fit
Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler pose at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards.

Watching the Golden Globes? Then play Golden Globes bingo with us!

Watching the Golden Globes? Then play Golden Globes bingo with us!
A tense moment during a game of "Mafia" in Kiev, Ukraine.

Entrepreneurs around the world love this Soviet-era storytelling game

Entrepreneurs around the world love this Soviet-era storytelling game
A cover illustration for the Communist-era board game Burokratopoly, which is being re-launched by Berlin's DDR Museum.

To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game

To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game
Crossword puzzle

'Dr. Fill' vies for crossword solving supremacy, but still comes up short

'Dr. Fill' vies for crossword solving supremacy, but still comes up short
An image from : Vander Caballero's video game called "Papa & Yo."

A Colombian's hit video game is about a different sort of violence — alcoholism

The award-winning video game Papo & Yo was inspired by a childhood in Colombia and a rough family life. It's exciting, unpredictable and has moved many of its players.

A Colombian's hit video game is about a different sort of violence — alcoholism
Norway (white) versus the rest of the world (black)

Norway challenged the world to a chess match... and the Internet trolls won

It was a novel idea... to crowd-source a chess match online. If your computer's address was in Norway, you could vote on Norway's moves. If it was outside Norway, then you could vote on the "rest of the world's" moves. If only it had worked that way...

Norway challenged the world to a chess match... and the Internet trolls won
Norway (white) versus the rest of the world (black)

Norway challenges the rest of the world to a not-so-friendly game of chess

The World Chess Championship is underway in Chennai, India. Norway's Magnus Carlsen has taken an impressive lead over local hero and reigning champion Viswanathan Anand. And in Norway, people are getting pretty stoked. So the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has challenged the rest of the world to play Norway — all of Norway.

Norway challenges the rest of the world to a not-so-friendly game of chess

Ricky Jay on Games

Ricky Jay on Games

Schoolyard Rhymes

Schoolyard Rhymes