"He won't follow anyone for now," says one adviser. "He will be followed."Pope Benedict XVI on Monday announced that he had joined Twitter, part of a campaign by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to better connect with his 1.2-billion-strong flock. Benedict chose the handle @pontifex — Latin for "pontiff" — and is already being followed by more than 240,000 people. But Benedict isn't exactly returning the love: He is following only seven other Twitter accounts, all of which are foreign-language versions of himself in which he speaks in different tongues. ...

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BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Belize's prime minister on Wednesday urged anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee to help the country's police with a murder inquiry, calling McAfee "bonkers" for recent media statements. "I don't want to be unkind, but he seems to be extremely paranoid - I would go so far as to say bonkers," Prime Minister Dean Barrow said in Belize City. "He ought to man up and respect our laws and go in and talk to the police." Belizean police want to question McAfee, 67, about the murder of his neighbor and fellow U.S. ...

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[These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play.]

I’m no degenerate gambler, but I do enjoy spending a few hours on the casino floor from time to time. My favorite table game to play on trips to Vegas and Reno/Tahoe is Pai Gow poker.

Basically, Pai Gow poker (not to be confused with Pai Gow, a Chinese tile game) is a seven-card game in which you split your cards to make the best possible five-card hand and two-card hands. To win or lose money, you need to win or lose both the five-card and two-card hands against those of the dealer. There’s one joker in the deck, which can only be used as an ace or to complete a straight or flush.

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[These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play.]

It’s possible I’ve already mentioned in this space my love of board games, but in case it’s not clear: I love board games. And the iPad makes it a snap to take many of your favorite board games along with you, wherever you go, without the extra bulk or having to worry about losing pieces.

Days of Wonder’s Small World was one of the first board games—heck, one of the first games period—for the iPad; it debuted along with Apple’s tablet in April 2010. Based on the the company’s tabletop game, Small World thrusts you into a realm in which you take control of your typical fantasy races: elves, dwarves, hobbits, giants, ghouls, trolls, and way, way more.

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[These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play.]

Maybe you’ve already heard of Tiny Wings. Perhaps you dismissed it sight unseen, thinking it some kind of Angry Birds knockoff. Or maybe—like me!—you started playing it and couldn’t figure out what the big deal was, and gave up on the game too quickly.

But here’s the thing: Tiny Wings turns out to offer an impressive amount of fun once you figure it out. It’s a game that you get better at over time, and one that you can play in the minutes between when you finish your popcorn and the previews start.

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