This article originally appeared on MIT Press Reader. This is an excerpt from veteran game designer Greg Costikyan’s book “Uncertainty in Games.” Unless you have lived in a Skinner box from an early ...
How an ancient hand game traveled from east to west and became an unbiased way to decide everything. Plus: Can you actually hack a match? Think back to the last time you and a friend had to settle ...
Almost 400 people, mostly from New Jersey, participated in the Rock, Paper, Scissors Throwdown. In early rounds, participants played best-of-five series; the finals expanded to best-of-seven Rock, ...