Rock-Paper-Scissors works great for deciding who has to take out the garbage. But have you ever noticed what happens when, instead of playing best of three, you just let the game continue round after ...

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 ...

If you thought you can't be bad at rock-paper-scissors, you're dead wrong. The World Rock Paper Scissors Association makes it clear that you don't have to be anything more than an "armchair athlete" ...

Rock-paper-scissors, also known as roshambo, has determined the outcome of millions of extremely important decisions. (That’s a rough estimate.) The knowledge that scissors cut paper, that rock ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A traffic jam in South Africa took an amusing turn as two drivers faced off in a game of rock, paper, scissors.

There's a way to increase your odds of winning rock, paper, scissors — if only we had known these techniques in elementary school. Research has found there are a few simple ways to get an advantage ...

The brain reveals in seconds how you interpret others, revealing patterns that explain social adaptation and decision-making.