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3 min read 2022-12-10 05:44:00

The History of NBC's Game Show Scrabble

The History of NBC's Game Show ScrabbleNBC's Game Show Scrabble has a long and exciting history. Many people who remember the show from its initial

3 min read 2022-10-04 04:00:00

Look, games are for having fun. I’m not going to judge how you play Wordle, or Solitaire, or any other game where “cheating” is an impossible

4 min read 2022-09-16 06:01:00

When in Rome… Photo © Caroline K. MackenzieI have a confession to make: although I loved Latin at school, I didn’t enjoy learning vocab. In

2 min read 2022-08-24 23:48:07

While everyone knows how glamorous the life of a movie star can be, the early mornings and late nights spent on set are anything but red

4 min read 2022-04-13 20:01:01

Many people love word games, and it’s no surprise that writers are really big fans! A great example is the recent viral success of Wordle. This

6 min read 2022-03-04 22:02:36

Old things are usually better than new things, because old things have stories associated with them. Also, sometimes old items just do the job better

8 min read 2021-12-23 14:30:00

Board games have been persistently popular despite the invention of television, video games, and TikTok, and people of all ages still enjoy an

1 min read 2021-10-19 23:06:22

In recent times, religion and the world of puzzles and games have crossed paths with sometimes surprising results. The film adaptation of The Da

1 min read 2021-09-29 00:10:21

[Loads of images come up when you google “brain health” or “brain fitness,” but I liked this one much more than all of the ones with brains

1 min read 2021-07-02 04:14:31

With most schools out, and many states opened up after a year of pandemic lockdown, I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures on social media of people

2 min read 2021-04-09 19:49:29

By Caitlin Kelly I’ve always been proud of my vocabulary and I’ve been writing for a living since university. But it’s humbling indeed to

2 min read 2021-03-31 21:26:00

How is it the end of March already? Then again, we’ve been stuck in a strange time warp for a year. Here’s what I have been reading: How the

1 min read 2021-03-16 02:50:00

Exam hall at Hull Collegiate School (Wikicommons – Robin S. Taylor). The GCSE exam is a poor measure of raw cognitive ability. If some students

5 min read 2021-03-04 04:00:00

There is no better way to spend free time than playing games. This not only means the usual outdoor sports such as soccer but intellectual indoor

7 min read 2021-02-25 03:59:11

Judy Holliday, the brilliant star of stage and screen, was a New Yorker through and through. It makes perfect sense that while she was an