Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, ...

The folks at the London-based startup GoCardless have a pool table at their office. Being the techies they are, they decided to build a system that automatically scores games. The results, while not ...

When you played billiards during the early days of plastic, you took your life into your hands. Under the right circumstances, your bank shot could cause a ball to explode. Billiards played an ...

Pool games, unfortunately, like Take Two's Q-Ball Billiards Master, always cause me to wonder why they exist in the first place. They're like chess games in that sense, or video poker. See, simulating ...