Random chance mechanics in video games can be frustrating. Missing a 90% shot in XCOM, when you really need it to hit, can cause some players to throw their controller or rage quit. But not all ...

It must have been turning 40 yesterday that caused me to find myself reading the Observer newspaper Health supplement left over from this weekend. The ‘special’ this week was entitled ‘25 things you ...

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 ...

Even before its release in 2014, Hearthstone’s community has clashed over the controversial issue of randomness (also known as RNG). From the start, Blizzard has embraced the idea of Hearthstone being ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. If Lost in Random takes place in a world where everything is random, ...

Does your RNG have sufficient randomness? Is it secure against tampering? Is it decentralized? These qualities are critical to building a viable metaverse. Quantum mechanics tells us that what looks ...

Video games have always promised players control. Press the right button, time your attack, and skill will carry you through. But on the PlayStation 5, many of the most memorable experiences are built ...

One of the most irritating problems when playing multiplayer games is getting the same map several times in a row, but developer Riot Games believes it's finally cracked the Valorant map selection ...

Now to reveal how to get around the imperfect generators: my [non-scientific] testing by simply using the F2 key to re-deal multiple times (does not affect statistics) results in far fewer games that ...

Consider the problem of generating random numbers for multiplayer games, such as dice rolls for two player backgammon, or damage results for eight player Warcraft III. How do you do it securely, in ...