Agar.io is a quirky game that has gained a massive audience in part because you can easily play it against so many other people at once. The mobile and PC game starts you out as a tiny bacteria cell ...

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The story is all in the name. Agar.io stems from the substance agar, which is a jelly-like substance obtained from algae that is used to culture bacteria. You are a single celled bacteria in a petri ...

President Frank Underwood has a new favourite game — and it's made by a British mobile company. On Friday, Netflix released the fourth season of the wildly popular political drama "House of Cards." It ...

House of Cards third season is now streaming on Netflix and it’s interesting, confusing, and, of course, morally abhorrent, but it is also — in traditional fashion — a showcase for mobile gaming. In ...

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After Agar.io became a huge hit, many developers started making similar games using the same domain. But what really kept these games popular is their accessibility; all you need is a browser to jump ...

Fans of the mobile Snake game are in for a big treat with Slither. The browser game basically plays like Snake, except there are other players you have to watch out for. You start off as a cute little ...

Whether you’re low on space for another massive download or just looking for a fun online game to play in your browser, .io games have plenty to offer. So, if you want to start to familiarize yourself ...

Fidget spinners. They're slowly becoming the pogs of this decade, and like pogs, will be an enormous pile of garbage in five years out in a desert. They've gained popularity to the point where we're ...