Ben Guarino

Ben is a science journalist who's excited to be alive just before the future. In addition to Inverse, his work has appeared at The Washington Post, Salon, Ars Technica, and The Los Angeles Times.

Entertainment

The 'DOOM' Board Game Is Minigun-Wielding, Demon-Killing Fun

It's an intelligently pared-down version of the one-versus-all board game genre. 

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

'Mechs vs. Minions' Marries High Explosives and Hijinks

Becoming death, destroyer of minions is just dumb, cooperative board game fun.

ByBen Guarino
Culture

The Most Beautiful Board Game of the Holiday Season Is Celtic as Hell

'Inis' is a feast for the mind and eyes -- but not much else.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

'Star Wars: Destiny' Wants to Make CCGs Great Again

It's got fat dice, niche cards, and an emotionally unstable Kylo Ren. 

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

'Cry Havoc' Advances Board-Gamified War

The new tabletop battler offers a brilliant take on strategic conflict.

ByBen Guarino
Culture

The Best Thing About the Insane Clown Posse Card Game Is That It Exists

There's only one card game that features Vanilla Ice and an anthropomorphic ballsack. 

ByBen Guarino
Culture

The Most Hyped Board Game of 2016 Earned It

'Scythe' is great. Really great.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

Zombie Board Gaming Makes Pandemics Visceral

Coop board gaming has never been as deadly. 

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

The Only Zeppelin Board Game is a Dope Board Game

'Celestia' is a whimsical AF. And it works.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

'Blood Rage' is the Best Viking Board Game, Anti-Troll Propaganda

Plastic warfare doesn't have to be deep to be fun. 

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

Magic’s ‘Shadows Over Innistrad’ Is Garlic Sprinkled on Vanilla Ice Cream

'Arena of the Planeswalkers' always felt kinda plain. Not anymore.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

The Board Game 'Apotheca' Is Light, Amusing, Reality-Warped 'Connect Four'

'Apotheca' finds sneakiness hidden in the well-worn world of matching games.

ByBen Guarino
Culture

Meet Senongo Akpem, the Real Artist Behind the Fake (and Brilliant) HoloHalo

Now we really want holographic communication devices.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn Brings Dice to a Card Fight

It's a dance of dice rolling, deck building, and dealing wound tokens at ten paces.

ByBen Guarino
Culture

I Wrote "ISIS Beer Funds!!!" in a Venmo Memo and the Government Detained My $42

How the feds have to deal with tipsy hipsters grasping at wit.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

'Pokémon Go' Will Be Augmented Reality's Killer App Pikachu Sticks the Landing

There has never been a truly great AR game. If that changes, it will change everything.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

New Board Game 'Star Wars Rebellion' is the Best Version of Space Risk Ever Made

'Rebellion' encases the original trilogy's soul in cardboard and plastic.

ByBen Guarino
Entertainment

"Unicorn" Fossils: 10 Hilariously Wrong Headlines

Huge shaggy rhinoceros not a unicorn, still cool. 

ByBen Guarino
Science

Intelligent Designers Adopt Atheist Craig Venter's DNA Work as Proof of Creator

Geneticists trimmed a bacterial genome but didn't prove intelligent design.

ByBen Guarino
Science

New Eye-Tracking VR Tech Makes the Cyclops First Person Shooter Inevitable

Sometimes our eyes move without our heads moving!

ByBen Guarino