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This Is The Game That The RIAA And The MPAA Want To Play With You

6:30PM January 23, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

This game doesn’t look like a lot of fun, doesn’t it? Unless you are an MPAA and RIAA executive, that is. They love all that handcuff role-playing. More »


Gaming

The Original Monopoly Board Was A Circle

4:00AM February 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Filed in things I never knew: early Monopoly boards were circular! Filed in things I should have known: Monopoly street names all hail from Atlantic City. More »


Gaming

The New Monopoly Will Be Controlled By An All-Powerful, All-Seeing Tower

2:00AM February 10, 2011 | Casey Chan

Later this year, there’ll be a new version of Monopoly called Monopoly Live that places a 10-inch tower right in the middle of the board. Why? Because that tower controls every aspect of the game: it rolls the dice, it calculates rent, it knows whose turn it is and where your piece is on the board, and knows exactly how much money you have. More »


Real-Life Green Monopoly House Won’t Fit On Your Game Board

10:00AM October 23, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

If he gets three neighbours, his house is going to be torn down and replaced by a bright red hotel. [An Te Liu via Make Blog]


Gaming

Digital Mapping Reveals Monopoly’s ‘Go’ Square Is By London Eye

11:40PM August 26, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Before Nintendo-branded Monopoly sets came out, everyone used to play the same set that’s been around for 75 years now, featuring famous London locations. If you’ve ever wondered where the “Go” is “located”, mapping firm Ordnance Survey has the answer. More »


Software

Foursquare’s Monopoly App Might Actually Make The Service Fun

2:20AM June 30, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I can see the potential with Foursquare, don’t get me wrong – but I do think at the moment it’s missing a few vital ingredients. One of them being, err, “fun” – but this Monopoly tie-in could be just the trick. More »


Gaming

Monopoly Boards Are Circular Now. Circular!

4:40AM January 30, 2010 | John Herrman

For its 75th anniversary, Monopoly’s getting a massive update, pitting brazen and new against proven and old: Circular board or quadrilateral? Cash currency or fake credit cards? This is the stuff of ruined relationships. More »


The FTC Still Wants To Slay The Intel Monopoly Monster

4:43AM December 4, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Sure, Intel paid off AMD to drop their antitrust suit, but the FTC’s still mighty interested in their their fights with Nvidia, and concerned about preserving competition in the chip marketplace overall. It could get ugly. [BW] More »


Gaming

Google Maps’ Giant Game Of Monopoly Begins Tomorrow

11:30PM September 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

No, that’s not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It’s called Monopoly City Streets. More »


Obama’s Pick For Anti-Trust Chief Sees Google As a Monopolist Threat

1:00AM February 23, 2009 | Jack Loftus

This week, we learned President Obama’s anti-trust chief pick said Google, and not usual suspect Microsoft, may be sent directly to jail for monopolistic behaviour. My oh my, how the tables have turned, eh?