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 ...

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 ...

Hypothetically, suppose you are about to play a total stranger a single game (not 2 out of 3 or anything, just best 1 out of 1) of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Just before you start the game, a friend of ...

My opponent and I faced each other across the white lines, separated by an arm's length in the dark, smoky bar. He planted his feet firmly, shoulder-width apart, while I fell into a fighting stance, ...

SEATTLE — Of all the decisions Cary Greif has made in her 38 years, this should have been among the simplest. "I had prepared. I had gone online and looked over strategies. But when I got up there, ...

Discover how the Matching Pennies game illustrates strategic decision-making and Nash Equilibrium in game theory, with insights on payoff dynamics and asymmetric strategies.

“No washing dishes for me tonight," I said after I beat my sister at a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS). I was 10, and RPS was our “go-to” game of fate to decide all kinds of issues. Little did I ...

Call it a cult phenomenon. Say it’s all a matter of luck or plan a strategy. Just don’t dismiss Rock, Paper, Scissors as a kids’ game. What used to determine as mundane of decisions as who gets the ...

It's a lot about luck. But in the fast-paced and precarious sport of Rock Paper Scissors, strategy and being able to look the other guy in the eye count for something, too. "When you're just playing ...