Games and toys is a broad subject that includes toys, board games, video games, and more.

Pinball Used to Be Illegal


Between the 1940s and the 1970s pinball used to illegal in parts of the United States. It was thought of as a gambling “game of chance” and was caught up in the post-prohibition push-back against gambling.

Game Theory is the Study of Games


Game theory involves games, but it isn’t the study of games. It is the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation regarding decision making.

There is Cake!


Let them eat cake

It is said that, “there is no cake”, that, “the cake is a lie”, but this isn’t true. The cake you were promised may be a lie, but there is cake.

Computers Can Beat Humans at Go


Computers Can Beat Humans at Go

In March of 2016, Google’s AI AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, one of the best professional Go players in the world, in four out of five games in a no-mercy match.