Tic-tac-toe

LOS ANGELES: Scientists created the world's smallest noughts and crosses board using dynamic DNA origami tiles - microscopic organic structures that can be programmed to transform into predefined patterns. The team at the California…

Welcome to The Riddler. Each week, I propose problems related to the things that are dear to us here: math, logic, and probability. There are two types: Riddler Express for those of you who want something small and Riddler Classic…

At the end of last month, a digital version of Quarto appeared on Steam, and I'm much more enamored with it than I thought. An abstract game designed by a Swiss mathematician almost 30 years ago, Quarto is a simple and charming game that…

i played a lot of Tix.Tax on the sly recently. It's a browser-based multiplayer game that takes the humble game of Tic Tac Toe to a new level. It's the kind of game you might see playing in an episode of Star Trek alongside…

JERUSALEM: Scientists have developed a robotic system that can play tic tac toe, and that could be used to help stroke survivors improve their performance on real tasks in a fun way. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev…

What game is President Trump playing? By that I mean what's real Game does he play? Trump's political performance, with seriousness and jest, has often been compared to failure. Even at Three-, four-, eight-, ten- and 12…

Among the many obstacles to the West's efforts to end the carnage in Syria and alleviate the refugee crisis, the biggest and most difficult to overcome is probably a colossal mismatch in the depth and breadth of engagement in the…

Here's a paradox: Some of the most popular and enduring games of all time get the least respect from serious gaming enthusiasts. Consider a list from BoardGameGeek, whose members have cast millions of votes and ranked…

Tic-tac-toe doesn't have a lot of reps. Sure, it's a brief, simple distraction from the monotony of existence, but once your 8-year-old self realizes that you can still force a draw, it loses its appeal. The problem with noughts and…

Tic-tac-toe (or "Nought and Crosses") is a fairly simple game to use in any computer system: indeed it is often used in programming lessons for beginners. A more difficult, and arguably more interesting and!-->…

A new GamesBeat event is just around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. Tic-tac-toe is kind of a joke, but I can't stop playing a new version of it on my smartphone. It's called Tic Tactics from developer Hidden…