He created the infamous BUZZ-worthy surgery game "Operation," but now John Spinello, 77, needs an operation of his own. Tap here to view on News app. In 1964, Spinello invented an electric game where ...

And the winner is...Brain Freeze! Hundreds of thousands of Americans voted to diagnose Cavity Sam, the eternal patient of Hasbro's (NYSE: HAS) classic board game OPERATION, with "Brain Freeze"--the ...

John Spinello needs $25,000 in oral surgery. — -- John Spinello, who created what would become Operation, the classic board game that allows players to test their fine motor skills using a ...

For more than 50 years, players have had fun practicing medicine without a license in Operation. The popular tabletop game tasks amateur surgeons with extracting game pieces—foreign objects and body ...

FISHERS, Ind. — Week four of Operation Football has finally arrived! This week's game is set to be one of the most intense matchups of the season. It's the annual "Mudsock" rivalry game between the ...

Ben is a writer who's obsessed with all things PlayStation, Pokemon, motorsport, and sci-fi. No relation to the Harry Potter villain. (Probably) Operation: Tango is a cooperative online spy adventure ...

The inventor of beloved board game Operation has found himself in the hands of adoring fans as they try to raise thousands for surgery which he desperately needs and cannot afford. John Spinello, 77, ...

The toy company plans to buy the designer's prototype of its popular game By Diana Swartz Toy giant Hasbro said on Thursday that it will help cover the medical costs for the creator of its popular ...

John Spinello created the popular game 'Operation' in the early 1960s. But now he needs his own surgery and can't afford it. So, friends and game inventors Tim Walsh and Peggy Brown have started an ...