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Flames shoot up during Dimension 20's sold-out Madison Square Garden show in January 2025. Andrew Max Levy/Dropout hide caption
Dungeons & Dragons live shows spawn new fans of the tabletop game
A pair of 1X androids are displayed at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) at ExCel on May 30, 2023, in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Hasan Piker, Twitch streamer and political commentator, poses at NPR's Culver City studios Courtney Theophin / NPR hide caption
Brittany talks with Hasan Piker. NPR hide caption
Joe Musashi, longstanding hero of the Shinobi series, returns in Art of Vengeance. SEGA hide caption
Pac-Man, or PUCK in this instance, is a little less cute and cuddly in the new game Shadow Labyrinth. Bandai Namco hide caption
Resident Evil Requiem generated a lot of hype from its reveal trailer. But it was hardly the most interesting game at this year's Play Days showcase. Capcom/fortyseven communications hide caption
Mario Kart World's golden shell disperses coins to all who follow it. Nintendo hide caption
Striking performers picket outside Disney Character Voices, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, in Burbank, California, in August. Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty hide caption
A phone displaying the App Store page for the mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire. Ryland Barton/NPR hide caption
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser sells a Nintendo Switch 2 system to a Christopher Evangelista, a fan who says he camped out for two months outside Nintendo New York to be first in line for the console. Nintendo of America hide caption
Three heroes face a door to the final boss at the end of a Nightreign run. Bandai Namco/FromSoftware hide caption
Norway's chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17, 2024. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Team World manages a draw in marathon chess showdown against grandmaster Carlsen
A still from Keita Takahashi's upcoming game to a T Annapurna interactive/uvula LLC hide caption
Fantapapa is an online video game inspired by fantasy football, where players draft a team of cardinals they think have the best shot at becoming the next pope. Screenshot of a Fantapapa team selection/Adam Bearne hide caption
Italians flock to 'Fantapapa,' a fantasy football-like game to pick next pope
In this screenshot from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to attack his opponent. SNK hide caption
'Fatal Fury' video game to feature curious choice of playable real-world characters
Tracy Chapman performs during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
National Recording Registry adds Tracy Chapman, Hamilton and the Minecraft soundtrack
from L to R: Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Eugene Hansen star in A Minecraft Movie Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Attendees at a New York City event previewing the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo hide caption
Screenshot of gameplay in "Beatdown City Survivors" NuChallenger hide caption
A Nintendo Switch 2 console playing Mario Kart World at a hands-on event in New York City. NPR hide caption
to a T (from left) and All Systems Dance. Annapurna Interactive, Mighty Yell hide caption