The author is a practicing lawyer and has been playing videogames ever since he could hold a gameboy; obsessed with all things Dark Souls. The lion's share of strategy games are viewed from a top-down ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

Explore how backward induction helps solve game theory problems by working from the end backward to determine optimal actions ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

As you start on this article,look around; you’re likely surrounded by poker players, if not one already yourself. What’s with this poker frenzy among traders? Adrenaline rushes aside, this seemingly ...

Another Perspective is a puzzle platformer following the very confusing adventure / slow existential meltdown of someone looking for something that they don't remember. This person(?) has the power to ...

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the ...

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the ...