Games/Sports Archive
Games are everywhere, but why exactly do we play them? It seems counterintuitive, to artificially invent goals and obstacles just […]
169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency Read More
You might think that human beings, exhausted by competing for resources and rewards in the real world, would take it
138 | Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball Read More
The best chess and Go players in the world aren’t human beings any more; they’re artificially-intelligent computer programs. But the
102 | Maria Konnikova on Poker, Psychology, and Reason Read More
Games play an important, and arguably increasing, role in human life. We play games on our computers and our phones,
Episode 52: Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games Read More
Poker, like life, is a game of incomplete information. To do well in such a game, we have to think
Episode 6: Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities Read More