Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

There’s nothing wrong with some good, mindless fun when you’re playing board games with your friends, especially if they’re more casual players. But if you’re playing with a group who really enjoys ...

The New York Times has another excellent little puzzle game to add to your daily Wordle. This one, however, taps into your math skills rather than your vocabulary. Still, I find the two rather ...

The New York Times announced last week that it will stop making Digits, a math puzzle game that debuted in beta in April. The last of these daily math puzzles will go up on August 8. Digits is a fun ...

Among the natural numbers below 100, there are 30 with a special property. Jovan has listed them in the table here. But Jovan made a mistake, and one of these numbers must be replaced. Which number ...

Digits is now available to play for free in beta for a limited time. Digits is now available to play for free in beta for a limited time. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He ...

In Erin Bryan’s 5th grade math classroom, TGIF takes on a whole new meaning. Fridays don’t just herald the coming weekend. They’re also game days. “They all come in here on Fridays pumped,” said Bryan ...

In 1974, a geneticist named Marsha Jean Falco devised an ingenious research tool to help determine whether epilepsy in dogs was an inherited trait. She drew a series of symbols on index cards, where ...

The missing number is 1,620. The digits in the tens places (green in the figure below) of the numbers in columns 1, 2, 4 and 5 are added together. The total value is represented by the digits in the ...