Random chance has always been an important element in gaming, from the roll of dice in ancient board games to the complex algorithms that power modern video games. When players cannot predict outcomes ...

Researchers have devised a new kind of random number generator, for encrypted communications and other uses, that is cryptographically secure, inherently private and – most importantly – certified ...

We’re all going to die. We don’t like admitting this fact, and usually the games we play at least attempt to mask this brutal truth. Most games treat death as just a prelude to a loading screen and a ...

MADS Haahr is in no doubt. “Generating randomness is not a task that should be left to humans,” he says. You might expect him to say that. A computer scientist at Trinity College Dublin, he is the ...

There’s one genre that this excellent video from Game Maker’s Toolkit does not address, and that’s sports, but in MLB The Show and NBA 2K particularly, I can speak to the total getting-screwed mindset ...