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.

Python is not the most common game programming language, but thanks to its ease of use, it has helped create some memorable titles.

Those bored coding enthusiasts are the main audience pursued by CheckiO, a Techstars-seasoned Ukrainian-born startup based in Las Vegas. After two years of flying under the radar and raising ...

How to code your own adventure game in Python (Image credit: Future) The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful piece of technology, but many people don't use it to its full potential.

To make your own games, you need to give the computer easy instructions to follow in a language it can understand – code.

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.

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 ...