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Author : David Shippy
Release : 2010
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 706/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Race for a New Game Machine by : David Shippy
Download or read book The Race for a New Game Machine written by David Shippy. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Fluegelman
Release : 1978
Genre : Games
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 419/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The New Games Book by : Andrew Fluegelman
Download or read book The New Games Book written by Andrew Fluegelman. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oliver Roeder
Release : 2022-01-25
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 782/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Seven Games: A Human History by : Oliver Roeder
Download or read book Seven Games: A Human History written by Oliver Roeder. This book was released on 2022-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.
Author : Harris O'Malley
Release : 2015-10-20
Genre : Self-Help
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 115/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis New Game + by : Harris O'Malley
Download or read book New Game + written by Harris O'Malley. This book was released on 2015-10-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wish dating came with an instruction manual? Now it does. New Game + is the book that every geeky guy wishes he had. If you've been struggling with dating, then it's time to start again and get it right this time. Whether you're looking for that one special relationship, something more casual or simply want to get better at meeting incredible women, dating and relationship expert Harris O'Malley (AKA Dr. NerdLove) shows you the way, from the first "hello" to the knock out kiss. New Game + helps you break through the anxiety of meeting new amazing women, helps demystify the rules of relationships, teaches you what to say and when, and helps you generate the chemistry that makes you irresistible. No tricks. No cheesy gimmicks. No creepy manipulative tactics. New Game + is your guide to becoming the man you always wished you could be.
Author : John P. Rossi
Release : 2015-11-16
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 560/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Whole New Game by : John P. Rossi
Download or read book A Whole New Game written by John P. Rossi. This book was released on 2015-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bismarck once said that God looked after drunkards, children and the U.S. of A. Some say that baseball should be added to the list. It must have been divine intervention that led the sport through a series of transformative challenges from the end of World War II to the game's first expansion in 1961. During this period baseball was forced to make a number of painful choices. From 1949 to 1954, attendance dropped more than 30 percent, as once loyal fans turned to other activities, started going to see more football, and began watching television. Also, the sport had to wrestle with racial integration, franchise shifts and unionization while trying to keep a firm hold on the minds and emotions of the public. This work chronicles how baseball, with imagination and some foresight, survived postwar challenges. Some of the solutions came about intelligently, some clumsily, but by 1960 baseball was a stronger, healthier and better balanced institution than ever before.
