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  1. Andrew Stephens: Estimania is a Great Daily Game (plus a rant about the NYT Games App). “I am writing this post because I think Estimania is a great game that more people should play. Each day you get five deceptively simple trivia questions – you are not expected to get the answer exactly, you are scored on how close your quick, back-of-the envelope estimate is.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/18/andrew-stephens-estimania-is-a-great-daily-game-plus-a-rant-about-the-nyt-games-app/
  2. Andrew Stephens: Estimania is a Great Daily Game (plus a rant about the NYT Games App). “I am writing this post because I think Estimania is a great game that more people should play. Each day you get five deceptively simple trivia questions – you are not expected to get the answer exactly, you are scored on how close your quick, back-of-the envelope estimate is.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/18/andrew-stephens-estimania-is-a-great-daily-game-plus-a-rant-about-the-nyt-games-app/
  3. Andrew Stephens: Estimania is a Great Daily Game (plus a rant about the NYT Games App). “I am writing this post because I think Estimania is a great game that more people should play. Each day you get five deceptively simple trivia questions – you are not expected to get the answer exactly, you are scored on how close your quick, back-of-the envelope estimate is.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/18/andrew-stephens-estimania-is-a-great-daily-game-plus-a-rant-about-the-nyt-games-app/
  4. Andrew Stephens: Estimania is a Great Daily Game (plus a rant about the NYT Games App). “I am writing this post because I think Estimania is a great game that more people should play. Each day you get five deceptively simple trivia questions – you are not expected to get the answer exactly, you are scored on how close your quick, back-of-the envelope estimate is.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/18/andrew-stephens-estimania-is-a-great-daily-game-plus-a-rant-about-the-nyt-games-app/
  5. Andrew Stephens: Estimania is a Great Daily Game (plus a rant about the NYT Games App). “I am writing this post because I think Estimania is a great game that more people should play. Each day you get five deceptively simple trivia questions – you are not expected to get the answer exactly, you are scored on how close your quick, back-of-the envelope estimate is.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/18/andrew-stephens-estimania-is-a-great-daily-game-plus-a-rant-about-the-nyt-games-app/
  6. Maps Mania: GeoGuessr Gets an Antipodean Time Machine. “Continuing my quest to catalog every GeoGuessr spinoff in existence, today’s menu features two fresh location-guessing challenges: TimePin and Oppocity.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/maps-mania-geoguessr-gets-an-antipodean-time-machine/
  7. Maps Mania: GeoGuessr Gets an Antipodean Time Machine. “Continuing my quest to catalog every GeoGuessr spinoff in existence, today’s menu features two fresh location-guessing challenges: TimePin and Oppocity.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/maps-mania-geoguessr-gets-an-antipodean-time-machine/
  8. Maps Mania: GeoGuessr Gets an Antipodean Time Machine. “Continuing my quest to catalog every GeoGuessr spinoff in existence, today’s menu features two fresh location-guessing challenges: TimePin and Oppocity.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/maps-mania-geoguessr-gets-an-antipodean-time-machine/
  9. Maps Mania: GeoGuessr Gets an Antipodean Time Machine. “Continuing my quest to catalog every GeoGuessr spinoff in existence, today’s menu features two fresh location-guessing challenges: TimePin and Oppocity.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/maps-mania-geoguessr-gets-an-antipodean-time-machine/
  10. Maps Mania: GeoGuessr Gets an Antipodean Time Machine. “Continuing my quest to catalog every GeoGuessr spinoff in existence, today’s menu features two fresh location-guessing challenges: TimePin and Oppocity.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/maps-mania-geoguessr-gets-an-antipodean-time-machine/
  11. Kakao Games Buys Stake in Me2on for 98 Billion Won

    Kakao Games (293490) has acquired Me2on (201490), a mobile casual game developer, in its first large-scale merger and…
    #EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Kakao #casualgames #gameindustryM&A #GhostStudio #globalpublishing #KakaoGames #Me2on #socialcasino
    europesays.com/korea/155093/

  12. Kotaku: White House Removes Awful Tetris Clone From Website After The Tetris Company Posted It Takes ‘Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’. “The White House has quietly removed a racist and not-very-well-made Tetris clone from its awful ‘arcade’ website. The move comes shortly after The Tetris Company publicly criticize the clone while reminding everyone that it has a history of going […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/08/kotaku-white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously/
  13. Kotaku: White House Removes Awful Tetris Clone From Website After The Tetris Company Posted It Takes ‘Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’. “The White House has quietly removed a racist and not-very-well-made Tetris clone from its awful ‘arcade’ website. The move comes shortly after The Tetris Company publicly criticize the clone while reminding everyone that it has a history of going […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/08/kotaku-white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously/
  14. Kotaku: White House Removes Awful Tetris Clone From Website After The Tetris Company Posted It Takes ‘Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’. “The White House has quietly removed a racist and not-very-well-made Tetris clone from its awful ‘arcade’ website. The move comes shortly after The Tetris Company publicly criticize the clone while reminding everyone that it has a history of going […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/08/kotaku-white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously/
  15. Kotaku: White House Removes Awful Tetris Clone From Website After The Tetris Company Posted It Takes ‘Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’. “The White House has quietly removed a racist and not-very-well-made Tetris clone from its awful ‘arcade’ website. The move comes shortly after The Tetris Company publicly criticize the clone while reminding everyone that it has a history of going […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/08/kotaku-white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously/
  16. Kotaku: White House Removes Awful Tetris Clone From Website After The Tetris Company Posted It Takes ‘Copyright Infringement Very Seriously’. “The White House has quietly removed a racist and not-very-well-made Tetris clone from its awful ‘arcade’ website. The move comes shortly after The Tetris Company publicly criticize the clone while reminding everyone that it has a history of going […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/08/kotaku-white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously/
  17. Ars Technica: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. “After playing around with Pocket for the better part of a week, I found myself getting hooked on the simple process of quickly standing up functional, relatively feature-rich game prototypes simply by chatting with an LLM. But the result of all that time and AI effort is a couple of interactive toys that are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/ars-technica-pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/
  18. Ars Technica: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. “After playing around with Pocket for the better part of a week, I found myself getting hooked on the simple process of quickly standing up functional, relatively feature-rich game prototypes simply by chatting with an LLM. But the result of all that time and AI effort is a couple of interactive toys that are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/ars-technica-pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/
  19. Ars Technica: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. “After playing around with Pocket for the better part of a week, I found myself getting hooked on the simple process of quickly standing up functional, relatively feature-rich game prototypes simply by chatting with an LLM. But the result of all that time and AI effort is a couple of interactive toys that are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/ars-technica-pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/
  20. Ars Technica: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. “After playing around with Pocket for the better part of a week, I found myself getting hooked on the simple process of quickly standing up functional, relatively feature-rich game prototypes simply by chatting with an LLM. But the result of all that time and AI effort is a couple of interactive toys that are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/ars-technica-pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/
  21. Ars Technica: Pocket’s AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results. “After playing around with Pocket for the better part of a week, I found myself getting hooked on the simple process of quickly standing up functional, relatively feature-rich game prototypes simply by chatting with an LLM. But the result of all that time and AI effort is a couple of interactive toys that are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/ars-technica-pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/
  22. 9to5 Google: Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back . “Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Froggy’s World is accessed by searching ‘weather’ on Google Search and tapping the new ‘play’ icon in the top-right corner of the Knowledge Panel card.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/9to5-google-google-made-a-cozy-mobile-game-called-froggys-world-the-whimsy-is-back/
  23. 9to5 Google: Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back . “Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Froggy’s World is accessed by searching ‘weather’ on Google Search and tapping the new ‘play’ icon in the top-right corner of the Knowledge Panel card.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/9to5-google-google-made-a-cozy-mobile-game-called-froggys-world-the-whimsy-is-back/
  24. 9to5 Google: Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back . “Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Froggy’s World is accessed by searching ‘weather’ on Google Search and tapping the new ‘play’ icon in the top-right corner of the Knowledge Panel card.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/9to5-google-google-made-a-cozy-mobile-game-called-froggys-world-the-whimsy-is-back/
  25. 9to5 Google: Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back . “Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Froggy’s World is accessed by searching ‘weather’ on Google Search and tapping the new ‘play’ icon in the top-right corner of the Knowledge Panel card.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/9to5-google-google-made-a-cozy-mobile-game-called-froggys-world-the-whimsy-is-back/
  26. 9to5 Google: Google made a cozy mobile game called ‘Froggy’s World’ & the whimsy is back . “Google has quietly released a cozy mobile game called Froggy’s World in the vein of Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. Froggy’s World is accessed by searching ‘weather’ on Google Search and tapping the new ‘play’ icon in the top-right corner of the Knowledge Panel card.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/9to5-google-google-made-a-cozy-mobile-game-called-froggys-world-the-whimsy-is-back/
  27. Cube Run un endless runner casual #OpenSource para mobile, para cuando estes sin conexión o tengas ganas de un reto.

    Mi récord es de 448 en máxima velocidad (en la esquina superior derecha puedes modificarla). Si se animan haber quien puede superarme 😉.

    Github: zws.im/󠁬󠁮󠁵󠁪󠁺󠁥󠁪

    Obtanium/ObtainX: cutt.ly/EyfPnGMY

    #CubeRun #MobileGames #CasualGames

  28. Cube Run un endless runner casual #OpenSource para mobile, para cuando estes sin conexión o tengas ganas de un reto.

    Mi récord es de 448 en máxima velocidad (en la esquina superior derecha puedes modificarla). Si se animan haber quien puede superarme 😉.

    Github: zws.im/󠁬󠁮󠁵󠁪󠁺󠁥󠁪

    Obtanium/ObtainX: cutt.ly/EyfPnGMY

    #CubeRun #MobileGames #CasualGames

  29. Cube Run un endless runner casual #OpenSource para mobile, para cuando estes sin conexión o tengas ganas de un reto.

    Mi récord es de 448 en máxima velocidad (en la esquina superior derecha puedes modificarla). Si se animan haber quien puede superarme 😉.

    Github: zws.im/󠁬󠁮󠁵󠁪󠁺󠁥󠁪

    Obtanium/ObtainX: cutt.ly/EyfPnGMY

    #CubeRun #MobileGames #CasualGames

  30. Lifehacker: ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart. “We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our daily Strands hints?), but this one is a bit different. Instead of finding specific words—or the most words—you’re asked to find the rarest words you can.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/lifehacker-outlier-is-a-new-word-search-game-that-makes-me-feel-smart/
  31. Lifehacker: ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart. “We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our daily Strands hints?), but this one is a bit different. Instead of finding specific words—or the most words—you’re asked to find the rarest words you can.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/lifehacker-outlier-is-a-new-word-search-game-that-makes-me-feel-smart/
  32. Lifehacker: ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart. “We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our daily Strands hints?), but this one is a bit different. Instead of finding specific words—or the most words—you’re asked to find the rarest words you can.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/lifehacker-outlier-is-a-new-word-search-game-that-makes-me-feel-smart/
  33. Lifehacker: ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart. “We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our daily Strands hints?), but this one is a bit different. Instead of finding specific words—or the most words—you’re asked to find the rarest words you can.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/lifehacker-outlier-is-a-new-word-search-game-that-makes-me-feel-smart/
  34. Lifehacker: ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart. “We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our daily Strands hints?), but this one is a bit different. Instead of finding specific words—or the most words—you’re asked to find the rarest words you can.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/lifehacker-outlier-is-a-new-word-search-game-that-makes-me-feel-smart/
  35. For my latest article for Inquirer.net, I decided to talk about something light and fun and it is the daily puzzle game #Gerrymandle. Your aim in the game is to create electoral districts so that your political party wins more districts than other parties.

    technology.inquirer.net/148161

    (Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

    #TechINQ #games #CasualGames #elections #gerrymandering #politics

  36. For my latest article for Inquirer.net, I decided to talk about something light and fun and it is the daily puzzle game #Gerrymandle. Your aim in the game is to create electoral districts so that your political party wins more districts than other parties.

    technology.inquirer.net/148161

    (Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

    #TechINQ #games #CasualGames #elections #gerrymandering #politics

  37. For my latest article for Inquirer.net, I decided to talk about something light and fun and it is the daily puzzle game #Gerrymandle. Your aim in the game is to create electoral districts so that your political party wins more districts than other parties.

    technology.inquirer.net/148161

    (Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

    #TechINQ #games #CasualGames #elections #gerrymandering #politics

  38. For my latest article for Inquirer.net, I decided to talk about something light and fun and it is the daily puzzle game #Gerrymandle. Your aim in the game is to create electoral districts so that your political party wins more districts than other parties.

    technology.inquirer.net/148161

    (Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

    #TechINQ #games #CasualGames #elections #gerrymandering #politics

  39. For my latest article for Inquirer.net, I decided to talk about something light and fun and it is the daily puzzle game #Gerrymandle. Your aim in the game is to create electoral districts so that your political party wins more districts than other parties.

    technology.inquirer.net/148161

    (Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

    #TechINQ #games #CasualGames #elections #gerrymandering #politics

  40. Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: a number-based daily guessing game called Estimania. From the Hacker News Announcement: “Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There’s also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/10/daily-estimate-guessing-game-estimania/
  41. Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: a number-based daily guessing game called Estimania. From the Hacker News Announcement: “Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There’s also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/10/daily-estimate-guessing-game-estimania/
  42. Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: a number-based daily guessing game called Estimania. From the Hacker News Announcement: “Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There’s also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/10/daily-estimate-guessing-game-estimania/
  43. Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: a number-based daily guessing game called Estimania. From the Hacker News Announcement: “Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There’s also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/10/daily-estimate-guessing-game-estimania/
  44. Spotted in my Calishat Snaps: a number-based daily guessing game called Estimania. From the Hacker News Announcement: “Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There’s also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/10/daily-estimate-guessing-game-estimania/
  45. Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/scientific-american-wordle-but-for-art-history-anthropeum-turns-the-met-museum-into-an-online-game/
  46. Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/scientific-american-wordle-but-for-art-history-anthropeum-turns-the-met-museum-into-an-online-game/
  47. Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/scientific-american-wordle-but-for-art-history-anthropeum-turns-the-met-museum-into-an-online-game/
  48. Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/scientific-american-wordle-but-for-art-history-anthropeum-turns-the-met-museum-into-an-online-game/
  49. Scientific American: Wordle, but for art history—Anthropeum turns the Met Museum into an online game. “Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art come from.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/scientific-american-wordle-but-for-art-history-anthropeum-turns-the-met-museum-into-an-online-game/
  50. The Lyceum: The Eleusinian Mysteries: Interactive Game. “The Lyceum hosts the first interactive video game inspired by the Eleusinian Mysteries, which lets you walk in the shoes of a Greek citizen in one of the most important events of their lives.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/19/the-eleusinian-mysteries-interactive-game-the-lyceum/