This article was taken from the July 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

While rock, paper, scissors is usually seen as a game of luck, a scientist has revealed what they claim is a surefire way to beat your friends. According to Dr Denise Moerel, a cognitive scientist at ...

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 ...

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 ...

While rock, paper, scissors is usually seen as a game of luck, a scientist has revealed what they claim is a surefire way to beat your friends. According to Dr Denise Moerel, a cognitive scientist at ...