Understanding Matching Pennies in Game Theory: Concept and Strategy

Discover how the Matching Pennies game illustrates strategic decision-making and Nash Equilibrium in game theory, with insights on payoff dynamics and asymmetric strategies.
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
Aclu.org

Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship

Who controls what you can do on your mobile phone? What happens when your device can only run what the government decides is OK? We are dangerously close to this kind of totalitarian control, thanks ...
Religion News Service

‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

(The Conversation) — In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, “The Matrix,” a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn’t real. It’s a ...
GamesRadar+

Fan theory that links Metaphor: ReFantazio, the modern Persona games, and Catherine together is correct but completely unintentional, says director: "I didn't plan it at all"

Each of the games, from Persona to Metaphor: ReFantazio, created and directed by Katsura Hashino can be linked to one of the major arcana from modern tarot sets. In fact, starting from 13. Death, and ...
The Conversation

‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

Rizwan Virk owns shares in Google, and in various video game companies. He is also a venture partner in Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in video game-related ...
TweakTown

Konami never told Kojima that the Wachowskis wanted him to make a Matrix game

TL;DR: In the early 2000s, the Wachowski sisters approached Konami to develop a Hideo Kojima-directed Matrix game, but then-CEO Kasumi Kitaue canceled the project to prioritize Metal Gear Solid.
IGN

Hideo Kojima Is as Surprised as We Are That Konami Reportedly Turned Down a Matrix Video Game: 'There Could've Been a Way to Make It Work'

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding developer Hideo Kojima says he was "surprised" to read that the creators of The Matrix wanted him to develop a game based on the franchise, insisting: "no one ever ...
PC Gamer

Hideo Kojima just found out that Konami turned down the chance to make a Matrix game 26 years ago: 'If someone had told me, maybe there could’ve been a way to make it work'

In a recent interview with Time Extension former Konami executive Christopher Bergstresser revealed that, way back in 1999, the company was approached by the Wachowskis with an offer to make a Matrix ...
Shacknews

Hideo Kojima almost made a Matrix game

Hideo Kojima has delivered some of gaming’s most memorable experiences of the past few decades, but a new account reveals that he almost brought his unique vision to one of Hollywood’s biggest ...
GameSpot

The Wachowskis Wanted Hideo Kojima To Make A Matrix Video Game - Report

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Between the original Matrix and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, Lana and Lilly Wachowski had the ambitious idea to tie in the story to a video ...