We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.

Sure, games may be mindless fun. But they can also propel you into a whole new and very lucrative career. Especially if you know how to make them yourself. Is game development something that ...

We find the programming challenge of game-playing bots to be fascinating. Take a look at this Python bot which plays Burrito Bison all the way through (video after the break). This is a totally ped… ...

With that being said, there are some big games that use Python. The reason behind this may come down to Pythons benefits of being faster than most other languages to write and build.

Terry Gillaim and Terry Jones were on hand at the Tower Bridge in London yesterday to introduce the world to the first new Monty Python game in 13 years: The Ministry of Silly Games.

Already in its 4 th edition, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python is pretty close to the ultimate how-to-learn python book. First, it combines an easy ramp up from expecting you to know ...

Simulating a tabletop game can be done for several reasons: to play the game digitally, to create computer opponent(s), or to prove someone wrong. In [Everett]’s case, he used Python to prove… ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Funky Python Funky Python is a rendition of Snake and, as such, the object is to move the python around the screen, eat food and avoid obstacles and its ...

In the 1980s, computer graphics were still in their infancy, with blocky game characters and a limited palette of colours to work with. It was very common for adventure and role-playing games to ...

Coding Games in Python Craig Steele et al. DK, $19.99 paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-4654-7361-5 In this Python coding primer, Steele guides readers through coding essentials, including creating ...