Rock, Paper, Scissors, Go! – Play the Rock Paper Scissor Game

Here’s a little something different from our friends at Daily Free Games. Old school Ro-Sham-Bo meets modern technology.

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Rock Paper Scissor is a totally fun and addicting arcade game.

It’s you vs. the computer in this game, and it’s all about luck. Choose either one and see if you can defeat your opponent. Yup, it’s that easy.

Out of the three hands below, pick one to fight your opponent on the right. Beat the opponent hand twice, and you win the game!

Did you know there is a World RPS Society? Neither did I!

(RPS of course stands for Rock, Paper, Scissors.)

Contrary to what you might think RPS is not simply a game of luck or chance. While it is true that from a mathematical perspective the ‘optimum’ strategy is to play randomly, it still is not a winning strategy for two reasons.

First, ‘optimum’ in this case means you should win, lose and draw an equal number of times (hardly a winning strategy over the long term). Second, Humans, try as they might, are terrible at trying to be random, in fact often humans in trying to approximate randomness become quite predictable. So knowing that there is always something motivating your opponent’s actions, there are a couple of tricks and techniques that you can use to tip the balance in your favor. WorldRPS.com

Get more tips on how to play and win from Mental Floss

There’s even a documentary film about the game. Seriously!

… feature-length film Rock Paper Scissors: The Documentary … Shot with the dramatic tension typical of any sporting film, Rock, Paper, Scissors finally gives the game also known as Rochambeau the attention it deserves …

MOVIE TRAILER

Rock, Paper, Scissors at Wikipedia.org