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 ...

A game designer has revealed his strategy for triumphing over an opponent in a game of rock, paper, scissors. New Yorker Nick Metzler, or @nickmetzler1 on TikTok, recently took to the popular social ...

It's a game that's used to settle debates around the world. But when it comes to 'rock, paper, scissors', what is the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this article, I'm going to tackle a children's game that's extraordinarily complicated, with many variations, and the programming task is going to be quite tricky. Just kidding! Rock Paper Scissors ...

Rock-Paper-Scissors works great for deciding who has to take out the garbage. But have you ever noticed what happens when, instead of playing best of three, you just let the game continue round after ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nickelodeon has handed a two-season renewal to Rock Paper Scissors, its popular original animated series, for a second and third season. Both seasons will each consist of 10 episodes, and ...

Rock-Paper-Scissors works great for deciding who has to take out the garbage. But have you ever noticed what happens when, instead of playing best of three, you just let the game continue round after ...

In the game Rock, Paper, Scissors, two opponents randomly toss out hand gestures, and each one wins, loses or draws with equal probability. It's supposed to be a game of pure luck, not skill — and ...