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 ...

There's a way to increase your odds of winning rock, paper, scissors — if only we had known these techniques in elementary school. Research has found there are a few simple ways to get an advantage ...

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 ...