For example, scissors beats paper because "scissors cut paper", and rock beats scissors because "rock beats scissors". If both players pick the same option, it's a tie and the game proceeds.

Rock, Paper, Scissors is a totally random game, right? Wrong — and here's the proof: The YouTube channel Numberphile recently posted a video that will teach you how to win at Rock, Paper ...

Researchers point to some winning strategies for the seemingly simple "Rock, Paper Scissors" game. For starters, remember that Rock is for rookies.

Let’s call this game rock-paper-scissors-hop. Here is an idealized list of its rules: Kids stand at either end of N hoops.

Except, that is, when your particular game of rock-paper-scissors is being played against this handy robot -- in which case, it seems, you will lose every single time.

Players of the game rock paper scissors subconsciously copy each other's hand shapes, significantly increasing the chance of the game ending in a draw, according to new research.

You'll ask yourself: How is this program beating me? The answer is pretty straightforward. Rock-Paper-Scissors, while often invoked as an example of a game of chance, usually isn't.