Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69.

"Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games."

I can't say that there is a direct correlation between D&D and my decision to major in anthropology, but I do ( Read more... )

A collection of Nazi era board games - including one where players are given points for bombing British cities - are going on auction in the UK this week ( Read more... )

Tehran, April 30, Taliya News - In a bid to counter the West’s cultural onslaught and in order to promote the Islamic-Iranian culture, as well as producing Iranian computer games, Tabyan Cultural, Information Processing Institute for 1st time in Iran presented Saving the Port strategic computer game ( Read more... )

Who saw this one coming a mile away?

In recent years, at least 10 of California's 39 gaming tribes, including many in Northern California, have kicked out members or denied them a share of casino profits that often exceed $50 million a year ( Read more... )

Is there a need out there for Applied Anthropologists in the video game development industry ( Read more... )

Hello! I'm joining my anthro club on a trip to an interesting restaurant in town next week, and it's my job to come up with a game for us to play while we wait for our food/eat. I've got a few ideas, but none are specifically anthropology-related. Does anyone have any anthro games they play or know any links to websites that might have games ( Read more... )

This might not be very interesting to those who have no interest in gaming (but it might), and I'll admit that the coherency is probably fairly low (as it's late and I'm tired). But I thought I'd give it a quick post anyway, as the abovementioned subject matter reminded me of a previous post on the community.(  )

By Nick Horton BBC Wales news website ( Read more... )

Mascot ban extended to bowl games

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The NCAA is requiring bowl games to ban the "hostile" or "abusive" use of American Indian nicknames, mascots and logos beginning next year.
original article or ( Read more... )

I thought that y'all might get a kick out of this:

Virtual epidemiology?
All right, this is just too hysterical.

It seems that Plague has struck an online game.

In reference to the game (World of Warcraft) anchattells me the following ( Read more... )