Picture shows an x-ray of gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated. Customs officials seized gold with a total weight of around one kilogramme during an air freight inspection at Leipzig-Halle Airport, in Germany, on July 25, 2022. (Hauptzollamt Dresden/Newsflash)

Customs Cops Seize Gold Bars Trafficked In Game Controllers

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:November 8, 2022

Customs police have seized gold bars worth more than GBP 50,000 stashed inside wireless game controllers found after airport X-Ray checks. Picture shows gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated.…

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Image shows groups of spheres from Akrotiri, undated photo. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol In England suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of the earliest ever board games. (Konstantinos Trimmis/Newsflash)

Mysterious Spheres Could Be From First Ever Board Game

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:October 10, 2022

Scientists believe mysterious stone spheres found at ancient archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Aegean may be playing pieces from one of the first-ever board games. The experts - from…

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Image shows koala Uki in his new plant paradise, undated photo. (Zoo Zurich, Maria Schmid/Newsflash)

Tarni The Randy New Koala Wastes No Time Looking For A Date

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 30, 2022

These images show a male koala joining other members of its species at a zoo in Switzerland that include a female, with the cute animal apparently wasting no time to…

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First time safari goers encounter curious young elephants, on the 18th of June, in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa. (@ranger_ebz/Newsflash)

Adorable Elephant Calves Try To See Off Safari Tourists

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:July 22, 2022

This is the adorable moment two elephant calves try out their tusker skills to confront a tourist safari at a South African game reserve. Delighted holidaymakers at the Kapama Private…

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Hunters To Enjoy Quarantine Exemptions In France

• Post author:Ernest Bio Bogore
• Post published:November 9, 2020

French officials are allowing game hunters to be exempt from lockdown restrictions so that they can tackle the growth in numbers of wild boar and roe deer. According to national…

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Man Loses 2.2m Euro jackpot When Online Casino Crashes

• Post author:Delano Langras
• Post published:May 25, 2020

A Belgian gambler who was told he had won 2.2 million euros on an online betting game was devastated when the site crashed and the amount was reduced to just…

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Hit World Of Tanks Game Creator Founds Political Party

• Post author:Gheorghi Caraseni
• Post published:April 10, 2020

One of the creators of the hit online game World of Tanks has launched his own political party in Russia that plans to use a mobile app to help create…

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Map from Skyrim video game was noticed in an Ukrainian geography book

Ukraine Geography Schoolbook Has Map From Skyrim

• Post author:Gheorghi Caraseni
• Post published:February 12, 2020

A map from Bethesda's bestselling video game Skyrim has apparently mistakenly been used in a Ukrainian geography textbook recommended by the country’s Ministry of Education. Eagle-eyed Ukrainian secondary school students…

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Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Mario Go-Kart Company

• Post author:Alex Cope
• Post published:February 5, 2020

Nintendo have won a 350,000-GBP lawsuit against a go-kart rental company who marketed themselves as a real-life ‘Mario Kart’ with customers able to hire outfits from the famous game. Japanese…

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Japanese boy’s real-world ninja animation

Boy Goes Viral With Imaginative Sticker Game On Train

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:January 28, 2020

This is the viral moment an imaginative little boy uses a simple ninja sticker on a transparent sheet to create an exciting scene on the window as he enjoys a…

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