Sports
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Brace Yourself for a Future in Which You Do Not Attend This Year’s Olympics
If you were planning to fly to Japan to attend the Olympics, love the optimism! But most likely, your plans have been spoiled because we are, in fact, still in a global pandemic. While the final ruling has not yet been announced, the paper Mainichi reported today that a source close to the Japanese government…
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Stardew Valley is a Board Game Now
Stardew Valley — the beloved and deeply meditative farming RPG — is now a beloved and deeply meditative board game.
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Avatar Heads to RPGs, Lord of the Rings Goes There and Back Again, and More Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, Gizmodo’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This week, everything changes when the fire nation rolls for initiative, Magic: The Gathering celebrates Black History Month, and Games Workshop figures out another way to ease you into the worlds of Warhammer.
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Death to the Opposition: Joy, Loss, and Baseball in Deep Space Nine’s Most Endearing Episode
Twenty-two years ago today, Deep Space Nine — at the height of its dark, complex, morally nuanced depiction of war, and the impact it has on utopia — delivered a poignant message about the concept of accepting loss. It did so in a comedy holodeck baseball game, and the result cemented itself as one of…