UNCERTAINTY IN GAMES

How uncertainty in gamesfrom Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissorsengages players and shapes play experiences.In life, uncertai nty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa)/ people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways/ the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly ch eerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it any wonder, then, asks Greg Costik yan, that ...[Read more]