Gaming

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own.

Pour out a Vesper Martini for this one.

For Cyber Monday, gaming consoles, accessories, collectibles, and games are on sale across Amazon, Best Buy, and more.

Critical Role reflects on their ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ legacy and talks live-action, video games, and the next generation of stories

I met some of my closest friends through multiplayer games. Then a strange happening turned everyone (literally) speechless.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Galaxies have been merging into ever-bigger structures over the course of cosmic history.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 61, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Hallmark season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) 

Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes, voted on tax reforms and even spread a religion.

When Buying a Gift in New York was a contact sport. A toy store in 1955. Today, doormen accept our Amazon packages, gift cards materialize in our email, and we track our Temu and TikTok Shop orders on our phones. But not even that long ago, New York was a department-store town.

I voted at a Quaker meetinghouse in a swing state on Tuesday, Election Day.