Content tagged with “games”

“ A guy builds an obstacle course for the squirrels in his backyard. In the (very entertaining) process of watching them solve it, he explains some of the physiology of how a squirrel moves. ”

“There are lots of versions of poker, but the general idea is this: some cards of dealt – either community cards or your own private cards – and you evaluate what hand you can make, then bet based on how strong your hand is. At any time, there are three places money can be: In your own private stack…”

“ This site lists the days since something bad happened, from an earthquake of any kind (zero, because one happens every day) to things like a ‘Teraton Asteroid Impact’ (last happened 35 million years ago), and everything in between (example: someone last lost a nuclear weapon in 1989). ”

“ A retired mathematician discovered a flaw in a state lottery game. He exploited it for a decade and won millions. ”

“ A retrospective and examination of the ground-breaking interactive fiction series from the 1980s. ”

“ A collection of amazing patterns generated by Conway’s Game of Life. ”

“ The architect who built a concept for modular housing for a 1965 world’s fair in Montreal has ‘completed’ the project with the help of a video game 3D rendering engine. ”

“ Ingress is a AR game from the people who would go on to make Pokémon Go. But it’s much more serious, and has people flying all over the the world to complete missions. ”

“ Someone got a theoretical game of Monopoly down to seven rolls of the dice, which they claim can be done in 13 seconds. And it turns out that Monopoly is hated among board game aficionados. ”

“ A chess master identifies historical (and, in one case, fictional) chess games simply from a snapshot of positions on the board. ”

“ Some gamers spent 13 years trying to improve the record time in a specific level of a video game, and seven years grinding away to exploit an obscure hack they were convinced was possible. ”

“ An interview with the head writer on Jeopardy! with lots of information on how clues get written. ”

“ A couple of Dutch brothers started filming marble races and now it’s how they make a living. ”

“ This video is ostensibly about suspected cheating in a specific speedrun attempt, but it also explains and demonstrates some of the fascinating intricacies of that subculture. ”

“ On the eve of the 1996 election, the NY Times crossword had a clue based on the future outcome which could solve the puzzle in two completely different ways. ”

“ A professional athlete walked away to indulge his love of Pokemon and create a business around it. ”

“ In 2016, a guy playing around with data discovered too many similarities between crossword puzzles, all centered around a specific editor. ”

“ A Canadian man has been playing the same role playing campaign unbroken for almost four decades. ”

“ There’s a very strict, technical rule on Wheel of Fortune that can cost a contestant a win. ”

“It’s just a catchy marketing name for prior, similar game that was called ‘Yacht,’ supposedly because the creators played it on their yacht. ‘Yahtzee’ was trademarked in 1956 by Edwin Lowe. He was a salesman who had previously renamed another game ‘Bingo’ and marketed it successfully. Lowe’s…”