“As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?”
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Shall We Play a Game?
“Historian Jon Peterson traces the route from Prussian military headquarters to Gary Gygax’s basement.”
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Lost Vegas
“Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.”
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The World’s Hardest Bluffing Game
“Why are some Iraqis so good at figuring out when a person is lying?”
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The Russian Bot Army That Conquered Online Poker
“How a card-playing Siberian AI outsmarted the world’s brightest researchers and raked in millions.”
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Gold Treasure Worth a Fortune Was Just Hidden in a Forest. The Hunt Starts Now
“For years, Jason Rohrer put out bizarre, beloved video games. Now, with Project Skydrop, he launches (yes, today) the real-world treasure hunt of his dreams.”
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Fear as a Game
“What can the philosophy of games tell us about our odd impulse to scare ourselves?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending noteworthy reads from Tim Prudente and Stokely Baksh, Rachel Aviv, Abby Tickell, Nick Zarzycki, and Andrea Sachs.
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The Creator Of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong
“Garfield was at war with his own game and the industry that was erupting around it almost as soon as ‘Magic’ released.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week features pieces from Sabrina Imbler, Natan Last, Lulu Miller and John Megahan, Casey Cep, and David Grimm.