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 ...

Jimmy Fallon always knows the perfect way to twist your favorite childhood games. His latest creation, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Pie,” adds a Russian roulette-style pie throw to the loser of each round ...

While rock, paper, scissors is usually seen as a game of luck, a scientist has revealed what they claim is a surefire way to beat your friends. According to Dr Denise Moerel, a cognitive scientist at ...