Playing games

Adam Rutherford and guests discuss intelligence, genetics and the nature of reality. How are scientific advances in AI, cognitive science and genetics changing our understanding of the material world and what it means to be human? Adrian Woolfson argues that we must transform bio ...  Show more

If trust in politicians is broken and the political system isn't delivering, then how might we go about fixing things? Can we revive faith in democratic government by doing things differently? The political scientist Hélène Landemore argues that electoral politics is broken and t ...  Show more

<span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Checkers. Backgammon. Chess. Go. Poker. Scrabble. Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In his book Seven Games, game theorist Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, t ...

Do you realise that you and all the people you know play games with each other – all the time? It can be sexual games with a love interest, competitive games with our friends, power games with our boss, or marital games with our spouse. Regardless of the subject matter or the set ...  Show more

The year is 1982. The first compact disc player is released. George R. R. Martin’s book A Game of Thrones is still 14 years from being published. And a teenager named Robert Wardhaugh starts a game of Dungeons & Dragons. Thirty-eight years later, Wardhaugh and his group of friend ...  Show more

Donjons et Dragons ou D&D pour les puristes est une bible ou pour tous les amateurs de jeux de rôles. C'est d'ailleurs le tout premier jeu de rôle sur table de genre médiéval-fantastique créé dans les années 70 par un certain Gary Gygax. L'histoire qui se cache derrière cet homme ...  Show more