AP has an article on the various recent attempts to integrate card games and technology. I love the article’s opening line:

No matter how many people are playing “Halo” or “Madden” at any given moment, you can bet that many more are playing solitaire, poker or Uno.

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In honor of Scrabble’s 60th anniversary, this crystal scrabble set was created. It is supposed to fetch $20,000 as a benefit for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Source: ABC News via Wired.

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I once wrote that lawyers should study game design; at least then the laws would have some internal consistency. Now John Koza, designer of the game Consensus, is working to change the law.

John heads a group trying to change the electoral college system. Well, pretty much eliminate it, actually.

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