While many of the athletes taking part in next month's Olympic Games have spent their whole lives training for the event, many more of us have spent our lives training for games of a different kind.
Building a happy life for people who only want to escape is an interesting - and entertaining - challenge.
Given Pokemon GO's apparent resonance with the The Donald's campaign, I wondered how popular the game was in the gilded palace of Trumpland. So, I went up to New York's Trump Tower looking for fellow Pokemon trainers. And found nobody.
An Auckland barista has quit his job to pursue a full-time career as a Pokemon Master.
Nintendo will release a new miniature version of its classic NES game console — more than 30 years after it first hit Australian shores — as part of its ongoing plan to recapture lapsed fans of its iconic franchises.
A sugary blend of J-pop music, anime storyline and turn-based RPG combat, this game is concentrated Japanese pop culture.
Pokemania is sweeping the city. Even some businesses are cashing in.
Chances are you've seen the hordes of 20 and 30-somethings trudging through the city face down in their phone.
Esteemed game creator talks about the new Zelda, how Nintendo makes games and the advice he gives to people who work for him.
The lines between physical sports leagues and video game tournaments continue to blur.
Playdead's second game is one of the most surprising and thematically challenging of recent memory.
'The Australian video games industry is a perfect example of the sort of innovative 21st century industry that the current Prime Minister gushes about', says said Senator ScottLudlam. 'We’d prefer that enthusiasm translated into real action'.
Man netted more than $30,000 onselling account details for game.
With the release of Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, TT continues a growing legacy of easy, funny Lego tie-in games.
It promised a return to the beloved designs of Mega Man, but Mighty No. 9 has all the hallmarks of a rushed and troubled development.
The huge twice-a-decade leaps in technology that used to characterise the video game console business are likely a thing of the past.
Kirby returns better than ever thanks to a shape-shifting mech and superb, cutesy design.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles has wrapped up for another year, and we now have a much better idea of the blockbuster games coming our way from the world's biggest publishers.
Only one game at E3 had the audience laughing hysterically one minute, oohing and aahing over gameplay the next.
Finally, the 30-year-old series has been reinvented, maintaining its charm while shifting to a completely open, modern design.