Could playing computer games enhance mental agility enough to turn people over 50 into better drivers? Allstate Corp. wants to find out, and if the answer is yes, it might offer insurance discounts to people who play the games.

No silly, not while driving :p picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

I don't know if you guys have ever seen this. It blew me away. This cat has some kind of musical soul. She really enjoys playing duets with a student playing on the second piano. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

This is a collection of pictures of the playing cards hand-drawn by NYC subway engineer William Barclay Parsons, who died in 1932. The playing cards are beautifully illustrated with schematics and diagrams and sketches of pulleys, cranks, levers, and so on.

** Click on the "New York Public Library" link to see them all. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Pianist Emily Bear is 7 years old and has only been playing piano for two years. She has amazed audiences from television to the whitehouse. She has won numerous awards for her playing and for her compositions. 7 years old. 2 years of playing. Wow! picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Oscar winner Halle Berry's not just playing a teacher, she's playing a white teacher. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

Singapore's government is playing Cupid, using Valentine's Day to promote romance and marriage.

OK, maybe this doesn't belong ONLY in the "sex" category... picked by rambler 2 years ago

The only game with the objective of forgetting you're playing. The rules are:
1)You are playing The Game.
2)Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
3)Loss must be announced. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

The boy pointed the gun at officers, who shot him once before determining that 'it was a juvenile playing cops and robbers,' sheriff's spokesman says. Witnesses report the boy was 15. picked by bornbad 7 months ago

A growing number of baseball enthusiasts are joining "throwback" baseball leagues. Players wear the classic white long-sleeved shirt and short-brimmed hats popular in the game's early years. Another big difference? No gloves. "Only sissies wear a mitt..." *THIS is baseball I could get into. No corporate endorsements, no steroids, no million-dollar salaries. Just guys out ... read full post picked by RowanGrey 2 years ago

A schoolboy collapsed and went into convulsions after playing a new version of the World of Warcraft computer game for 24 hours straight. The 15-year-old boy and his friends were playing Wrath of the Lich King when he suffered what appeared to be an epileptic seizure picked by punthe 1 year ago

Very cool idea for perhaps gaining some new leads in cold cases -- hand out cold case playing cards to inmates. picked by nickcobb 1 month ago

Bryan Berg creates an amazing replica of the Beijing Olympic Village...with playing cards picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

Video of a baby playing with a king cobra.

Nobody gets hurt in the video, but I still don't get why a parent would do this to their child. picked by DaftGretel 3 years ago

Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay. Beautiful. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

The video game world is full of success stories -- geeks who got the last laugh by becoming superstar developers with fat bank accounts. But as the industry matures, so do the people in it, making room for a new generation of entrepreneurial gamers.

Update to this. picked by KerOBeroS32 4 months ago

Eric Clapton is playing "Cocaine" in concert again. The recovering drug addict and alcoholic, who founded the Crossroads Centre addiction recovery center on the Caribbean island of Antigua, stopped performing the song written by J.J. Cale when he first got sober. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Win money playing CS:S and Hl2 DM picked by D3SPiTE 3 years ago

This is a video of the band DragonForce(one of my favorites) playing their song Through the Fire and Flames. picked by beany11 3 years ago

A video so cute, your eyes will actually melt out of your head. If you turn your speakers up a teeny bit, you can hear his little tiny purrs.

*Please note: This is NOT how you should play with your kitten! Doing this will lead to all kinds of woe in your future. Trust me. picked by Rowangrey 2 years ago

Some of us may remember the old choose-your-own-adventure books. It was sort of a solo roleplaying book/game. You were given a scenario and had choices on what to do. Each choice resulted in a branching off of the story. Now the famous Lone Wolf series is available online. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago