games
Survey: Germans obsessed with games
Germany has become a nation of obsessive gamers, new figures show. Two in five adult Germans now admits to being a regular gamer - half of them play every day.
Businessman builds a used Lego empire
A young businessman from Dresden recycles used Lego bricks and sells them across the world. He's now of the biggest internet dealers in the growing trade in the timeless bricks.
Ban on classic video game 'Doom' lifted
The classic ultra-violent video game "Doom" can now be sold openly in Germany, 17 years after its release, following a decision by the government agency responsible for protecting young people from violent media.
Going full-tilt for pinball in the Rhineland
Flipper isn’t a deceased dolphin TV star in Germany – it’s the dwindling barroom diversion known as pinball. <b>Michael Remmert</b> heads to Neuwied in the Rhineland to what’s being billed as Europe’s first museum dedicated to going full-tilt.
Hüfner and Neuner snatch double gold
Gold medals snared overnight by luger Tatjana Hüfner and biathlete Magdalena Neuner have shot Germany to the top of the medal tally at the Winter Olympics in Canada.
Germany takes skating bronze despite fall
Germany has risen to second place in the medal tally at the Winter Olympics after figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy snared a bronze medal overnight despite an error-riddled performance.