One of the most interesting and useful slang terms to emerge from Reddit in my opinion is ELI5, from its subreddit of the same name, which stands for "Explain It Like I'm 5" years old. The idea is ...

Researchers have developed a computational model that can predict video game players’ in-game performance and provide a corresponding challenge they can beat, leading to quicker mastery of new skills.

A long-standing goal of artificial intelligence is an algorithm that learns, tabula rasa, superhuman proficiency in challenging domains. Recently, AlphaGo became the first program to defeat a world ...

The gamer punches in play after endless play of the Atari classic Space Invaders. Through an interminable chain of failures, the gamer adapts the gameplay strategy to reach for the highest score. But ...

Like many online spaces, League of Legends, the most widely played online video game in the world today, is a breeding ground for abusive language and behavior. Fostered by anonymity and amplified ...

Though most of us play Battleship by randomly targeting spots on the board with our little plastic nubs, data geek Nick Berry (president of DataGenetics in Seattle) has done an intensive analysis of ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that predicts when a user will leave a mobile game. This information is useful for game studios so that they can design strategies to maintain the player's ...

Who's leading after MD18? And what do our writer, the algorithm, a child and this week's subscriber expect to see on Matchday ...