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Tag Archives: games
The Political Economy of Scrabble: Currency, Innovation, and Norms
In Scrabble, there is a finite amount of resources (letter tiles) that players use to create value (points) for themselves. Similarly, in the real world matter cannot be created so much of human effort is rearranging the particles that exist into … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, crime, culture, data, economics, education, entertainment, fun, game theory, games, how-to, humor, micro-institutions, micro-institutions everywhere, political economy, politics, programming, Python, rationality, rent seeking, technology
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The Politics of Monopoly
The official history of Monopoly, as told by Hasbro, which owns the brand, states that the board game was invented in 1933 by an unemployed steam-radiator repairman and part-time dog walker from Philadelphia named Charles Darrow. Darrow had dreamed up … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, data, economics, education, entertainment, fun, game theory, games, history, micro-institutions everywhere, nerd, political science, politics, research, rhetoric
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Sudoku on the Richter Scale
I have wanted to write a post on Sudoku for a while now–especially computer programs that can solve puzzles or evaluate solutions. This week’s Nerd Fun post gives me a chance to bring up the topic, thanks to a recent … Continue reading
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Tagged computer science, entertainment, fun, games, nerd, programming, science, sudoku, technology
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: How to Win at Jeopardy
Alex: “You know Roger, you could set a new one day record.” Roger: “What’s the old one?” Roger Craig should have known the answer, because he held the old record. Craig says it works like Moneyball — a reference to … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, education, entertainment, finance, games, history, how-to, machine learning, money, records, statistics
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Games (and More) in Stata
Stata is a software program for running statistical analysis, as readers who have been to grad school in the social sciences in the last couple of decades will know. Compared to R Stata is like an old TI-83 calculator, but … Continue reading
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Tagged blackjack, card games, fun, games, humor, iPhone, iTunes, Music, nerd, R, Stata, technical
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: Create Your Own Crossword Puzzles
Whether you want to make your own crossword puzzles, or just wonder how they are created, this post is for you. A user over at StackExchange asked how to create a puzzle in . Another user named Thorsten gave a … Continue reading
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Tagged crossword puzzles, fun, games, history, LaTeX, nerd, puzzles, technology
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WNF Bonus Addition: Destroy the NY Times (Game)
A game just came to my attention that I have a feeling will be old news by next Wednesday. This article at the NY Times is accompanied by a game that allows you to shoot items on the page to … Continue reading
Wednesday Nerd Fun: Dictators and Sit-Coms
While it isn’t the Dictator Game familiar to students of game theory, smalltime industries’ Guess the Dictator/Sit-Com Character game promises some genuine, nerdy fun. From their intro: Have you always thought of yourself as a sitcom character? Or maybe a … Continue reading
Wednesday Nerd Fun: The Game of 99
This week’s entertainment is an original creation–my first computer game. The game is based on the board game “99″ (French: “Le Jeu de 99″) that my girlfriend’s family introduced me to a couple of summers ago. I made the game … Continue reading
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Tagged antique games, fun, game developers, games, mac os x, programming, Python, python programming, scripts, technology
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Wednesday Nerd Fun
This should be enjoyable for game theorists, programmers of basic games, and those who love translations of obscure French novels. The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise Interactive Flowchart If you fall into none of the categories above, … Continue reading
