Uncertainty in Games

Uncertainty in GamesBy: Greg Costikyan Series: Playful Thinking How uncertainty in gamesfrom D&D and Super Mario Bros. to Rock Paper Scissorsengages players and shapes play experiences. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful

The fan-favorite teleporter from the Age of Apocalypse was once the lynchpin of an interdimensional team determined to save not just the world

suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle

which brought healing to the people of Japan in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami this story explores grief and loss

Infected by a rare strain of magic

B is for Belief

Winnie Christensen   | Series: Fisherman Bible Studyguide Series Our Purposeful

leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home

From his book I found out why there’s a Starbucks on every corner [and] how not to get duped in an auction

This book celebrates a mother’s love trumping even majestic mother nature…a mama’s love is higher than a mountain and deeper than any stream

and they soon realize that the greatest threat may lie in the shadows

Ivan beckons Yuru to a warehouse in the dead of night

she discovers secrets in Rotham’s wicked past that send her fleeing London for his remote castle in Cornwall