Uncertainty in Games

by Greg Costikyan

Book Overview

How uncertainty in games--from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors--engages players and shapes play experiences.

In life, uncertainty 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 cheerful about it all. But we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527537
• ISBN13: 9780262527538
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher