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Aaron Rodgers revenge tour will be happening: New Steelers QB to face Packers and Jets in 2025

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-r

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Cowboys will hit this franchise milestone vs New York Giants in Week 2 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/07/03/cowboys-1000th-regular-season-game-new-york-giants/84464127007…

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TUC-PPO: Team Utility-Constrained Proximal Policy Optimization for Spatial Public Goods Games
Zhaoqilin Yang, Xin Wang, Ruichen Zhang, Chanchan Li, Youliang Tian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02675

TUC-PPO: Team Utility-Constrained Proximal Policy Optimization for Spatial Public Goods Games
We introduce Team Utility-Constrained Proximal Policy Optimization (TUC-PPO), a new deep reinforcement learning framework. It extends Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) by integrating team welfare objectives specifically for spatial public goods games. Unlike conventional approaches where cooperation emerges indirectly from individual rewards, TUC-PPO instead optimizes a bi-level objective integrating policy gradients and team utility constraints. Consequently, all policy updates explicitly inc…

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- Computing Threshold Budgets in Discrete-Bidding Games
Guy Avni, Suman Sadhukhan

Apple unveils a standalone Games app, offering games from the App Store, a dedicated section for Apple Arcade, and Game Center social features like leaderboards (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/09/apple-unveils-new-apple-games-app/

Apple unveils new Apple Games app - 9to5Mac
Apple today announced a new Apple Games app, a new destination for all the games on your iPhone and iPad....

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Giants TE Theo Johnson was in his 'groove' before season-ending injury, feels 'huge difference' in Year 2 https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-te-theo-johnson-was-in-his-groove-before-season-ending-…

The New York Times' games team is testing a Scrabble-like game called Crossplay in a separate app from the main NYT Games, soft launching in New Zealand on iOS (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/682063/the-new-york-…

The New York Times is starting to test its take on Scrabble
The New York Times is launching a Scrabble-like game it calls Crossplay in New Zealand. It is also testing a logic game called Pips.

The Death Stranding games are all about connecting people together through delivery services. So how come every time you meet someone new you don't meet them, you meet a hologram of them instead? It's like the whole world is nothing but Zoom calls.

So, tracked down the issue with Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2024. The default permissions for the HOTAS `/dev/hidraw` devices is too restrictive. This is why neither MSFS 2024 or Elite: Dangerous saw the devices. I added new entries into the `udev` rules to relax the permissions and both games immediately saw the HOTAS.
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KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="231d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0126", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="hidraw*&q…

The Mig Flash is admittedly a really cool, great idea, but you know Nintendo. You probably shouldn't use it unless you're ok with Nintendo maybe nuking your new Switch 2 😬

After just 12 days, Nintendo is already nuking Switch 2 consoles for players caught using Mig Flash — popular cartridge allows Switch 1 games on the new console, but users say they're only using their own ROMs
Affected users are barred from using online services on the console, for now.

Pebble Games and Algebraic Proof Systems
Lisa-Marie Jaser, Jacobo Toran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21149 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.2…

Pebble Games and Algebraic Proof Systems
Analyzing refutations of the well known 0pebbling formulas Peb$(G)$ we prove some new strong connections between pebble games and algebraic proof system, showing that there is a parallelism between the reversible, black and black-white pebbling games on one side, and the three algebraic proof systems Nullstellensatz, Monomial Calculus and Polynomial Calculus on the other side. In particular we prove that for any DAG $G$ with a single sink, if there is a Monomial Calculus refutation for Peb$(G)$…

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- Iterative Minimax Games with Coupled Linear Constraints
Huiling Zhang, Zi Xu, Yu-Hong Dai

No lolly for me! Today’s #NYTSpellingBee felt like a bit of a slog as I brute-forced a handful of holdouts to reach #QueenBee—and grumbled at the irritating omissions. 🍭

I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?

The Atlantic launches a new games hub, available on the web and in the app, featuring a mix of already available games, as well as some new puzzles (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/687721/the-atlantic-games-hub-bracket-city

The Atlantic is making a big push into games
The publication is launching a new hub for its games, including titles like Bracket City and Caleb’s Inferno Crossword Puzzle.

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I'm excited to learn more about the Mexican league. I want to watch more of their games and I hope this docu-series helps!
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/welcome-to-wrexham-season-5-necaxa-premiere-1236411472/

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- Bayes correlated equilibria, no-regret dynamics in Bayesian games, and the price of anarchy
Kaito Fujii

Finished the short story, “The Answer is No” by Fredrik Backman, the story of a man without any attachments who just wants to be left alone to eat pad thai & play video games. The neighbors in his apartment keep intruding upon his privacy in ludicrously farcical ways.
Great writer & some great moments, but the whole thing felt like a collection of tropes. Had there been a laugh track on the audiobook, I’d not have been surprised.
3/5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

The Answer Is No
In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestsell…

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- Iterative Minimax Games with Coupled Linear Constraints
Huiling Zhang, Zi Xu, Yu-Hong Dai

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- Topological games in Ramsey spaces
Juli\'an C. Cano, Carlos A. Di Prisco

For those of you who like puzzle games... check out this charming new game from Draknek & Friends! @…
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Homogenization of Multi-agent Learning Dynamics in Finite-state Markov Games
Yann Kerzreho (ENS Paris Saclay)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21079 https://

Homogenization of Multi-agent Learning Dynamics in Finite-state Markov Games
This paper introduces a new approach for approximating the learning dynamics of multiple reinforcement learning (RL) agents interacting in a finite-state Markov game. The idea is to rescale the learning process by simultaneously reducing the learning rate and increasing the update frequency, effectively treating the agent's parameters as a slow-evolving variable influenced by the fast-mixing game state. Under mild assumptions-ergodicity of the state process and continuity of the updates-we prov…

Oh yeah. And theres the new XBOX HANDHELD. 😁
✅ ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Revealed: Experience Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Gears of War: Reloaded and More - Wherever You Go - Xbox Wire
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/08/xbox-handheld-rog-ally-x-games-sh…

ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Revealed: Experience Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Gears of War: Reloaded and More - Wherever You Go - Xbox Wire
Announcing the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X— two new handhelds that combine the power of Xbox with the freedom of Windows.

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- Competing Mechanisms in Games Played Through Agents: Theory and Experiment
Seungjin Han, Andrew Leal

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Brady wins inaugural Fanatics Games, $1M prize https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45563279/tom-brady-wins-inaugural-fanatics-games-1m-prize

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Warner Bros. Games restructures its operations into teams based on its four key franchises: Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and the DC Universe (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/w…

Warner Bros. Games Restructures: 'Game of Thrones,' Harry Potter, 'Mortal Kombat'
Warner Bros. Games has set a new leadership team and restructured around Harry Potter, "Game of Thrones," "Mortal Kombat" and the DC Universe IPs.

Microsoft says it is testing a new aggregated gaming library in the Xbox PC app for Windows 11 with Xbox Insiders, integrating "leading PC storefronts" (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-g

Starting this week, the Xbox PC app will integrate 'leading PC gaming stores' for Xbox Insiders — with no mention of Steam
Although the blog post doesn't say which PC stores are going to be integrated, at the very least, you'll be able to access Battle.net games directly from the Xbox PC app from next week.

Test Drive Unlimited: a quieter Horizon Festival
I found TDU in a box in the loft a couple of weeks ago, and since I now have a new Xbox 360 set up (replacing my old one which didn't have HDMI output) so can play games which are not compatible with the Xbox One, I thought I'd revisit the game. Unfortunately my save wasn't in the cloud, and wasn't transferred while I had both consoles set up, so I needed to start from the beginning.

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- Stochastic Graphon Games with Jumps and Approximate Nash Equilibria
Hamed Amini, Zhongyuan Cao, Agn\`es Sulem

I was trying Greenlight for streaming my Xbox console games on Bazzite Linux, and I noticed there's still hope for Microsoft 🧐 🥰 🥳 🎮
#gaming #Xbox #Greenlight

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#CanadianMisconceptions

I was supposed to use Ruggothrikh for very specific tasks, why did I not do them?
Anyway now we'll do another Albion run...
What I like with Albion is that it is player driven...even the loot contains crafted items by other players.
I don't think many games are like this...I think this may be unique to Albion and a few other games like it.
They took player based crafting to a new level!

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Xbox Ally X hands-on: AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, 1080p games run at 60 FPS with no issues, a slimmed down Windows OS, and more (IGN)
https://www.ign.com/articles/hands-on-with-the-xbox-ally-x-…

Hands-On With the Xbox Ally X, the New Gaming Handheld from Asus and Microsoft - IGN
The Xbox handhelds are coming Holiday 2025 and they're impressive, but many questions still remain.

LLMs fail at old video games because LLMs don't think, they just regurgitate pre-ingested information, and older video games (and some new ones) have so much chaos and unpredictability baked in that you can't navigate them simply by regurgitating things.
#OldGames #RetroGaming

Smart contracts and reaction-function games
Jens Gudmundsson, Jens Leth Hougaard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14413 https://arxiv.org/p…

Smart contracts and reaction-function games
Blockchain-based smart contracts offer a new take on credible commitment, where players can commit to actions in reaction to actions of others. Such reaction-function games extend on strategic games with players choosing reaction functions instead of strategies. We formalize a solution concept in terms of fixed points for such games, akin to Nash equilibrium, and prove equilibrium existence. Reaction functions can mimic "trigger" strategies from folk theorems on infinitely repeated games -- but…

Controller Synthesis for Parametric Timed Games
Mikael Bisgaard Dahlsen-Jensen (Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark), Baptiste Fievet (Universit\'e Sorbonne Paris Nord CNRS, Villetaneuse, France), Laure Petrucci (Universit\'e Sorbonne Paris Nord CNRS, Villetaneuse, France), Jaco van de Pol (Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark)
https://

Controller Synthesis for Parametric Timed Games
We present a (semi)-algorithm to compute winning strategies for parametric timed games. Previous algorithms only synthesized constraints on the clock parameters for which the game is winning. A new definition of (winning) strategies is proposed, and ways to compute them. A transformation of these strategies to (parametric) timed automata allows for building a controller enforcing them. The feasibility of the method is demonstrated by an implementation and experiments for the Production Cell cas…

A New Approach for the Continuous Time Kyle-Back Strategic Insider Equilibrium Problem
Bixing Qiao, Jianfeng Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12281 https:/…

A New Approach for the Continuous Time Kyle-Back Strategic Insider Equilibrium Problem
This paper considers a continuous time Kyle-Back model which is a game problem between an insider and a market marker. The existing literature typically focuses on the existence of equilibrium by using the PDE approach, which requires certain Markovian structure and the equilibrium is in the bridge form. We shall provide a new approach which is used widely for stochastic controls and stochastic differential games. We characterize all equilibria through a coupled system of forward backward SDEs,…

Next evolution of Indy's coming!
✅ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants: What You Need to Know After the DLC's Reveal - Xbox Wire
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/08/indiana-jones-great-circle-dlc-ord…

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants: What You Need to Know After the DLC's Reveal - Xbox Wire
Get ready for an all-new adventure with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC, launching September 4. 

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Divide-Fuse-Conquer: Eliciting "Aha Moments" in Multi-Scenario Games

5 Fringe Cowboys who could be traded during training camp before roster cuts https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/23/5-cowboys-who-could-be-traded-before-roster-cutdowns/8…

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Study: US kids who said their social media, phone, or video game use was "addictive" were 2x-3x more likely to have thoughts of suicide or self-harm by age 14 (Ellen Barry/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds
Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves.

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Wow. Total surprise for me... this game looks amazing... & free to play for Xbox Game Pass!
✅ Clockwork Revolution: inXile on Time Travel, Visual Reactivity, that Foulmouthed Doll, and More — Exclusive Interview - Xbox Wire
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/0…

Clockwork Revolution: inXile on Time Travel, Visual Reactivity, that Foulmouthed Doll, and More — Exclusive Interview - Xbox Wire
Clockwork Revolution’s stunning new trailer has a LOT to unwind. In this exclusive interview, inXile developers tell us how they’re crafting a reactive steampunk world, tailor-made for RPG players.

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Grow a Garden, a simple farming simulator game made within Roblox, hit 16.4M active players on June 14, surpassing other popular games' peak concurrent users (Kieran Press-Reynolds/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/arts/grow-garden-roblo…

Roblox’s Grow a Garden Surpasses Fortnite With 16.4 Million Players
On Saturday, more than 16 million people were planting seeds and collecting exotic pets within Grow a Garden at the same time. Many were not yet teenagers.

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Berk-Nash Rationalizability
Ignacio Esponda, Demian Pouzo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20708 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.20708

Berk-Nash Rationalizability
We introduce Berk--Nash rationalizability, a new solution concept for misspecified learning environments. It parallels rationalizability in games and captures all actions that are optimal given beliefs formed using the model that best fits the data in the agent's misspecified model class. Our main result shows that, with probability one, every \emph{limit action} -- any action played or approached infinitely often -- is Berk--Nash rationalizable. This holds regardless of whether behavior conver…

Value-Set Iteration: Computing Optimal Correlated Equilibria in Infinite-Horizon Multi-Player Stochastic Games
Jiarui Gan, Rupak Majumdar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07186

Value-Set Iteration: Computing Optimal Correlated Equilibria in Infinite-Horizon Multi-Player Stochastic Games
We study the problem of computing optimal correlated equilibria (CEs) in infinite-horizon multi-player stochastic games, where correlation signals are provided over time. In this setting, optimal CEs require history-dependent policies; this poses new representational and algorithmic challenges as the number of possible histories grows exponentially with the number of time steps. We focus on computing $(ε, δ)$-optimal CEs -- solutions that achieve a value within $ε$ of an optimal CE, while al…

Thanks for playing our nightly 9 o'clock #HashTagGames game. This week has been a busy week of playing. Lots of game plays and some new players.
Keep Playing and feel free to browse the feed and play any of the past games.
We are approaching our 1000 nightly game on the #Fediverse

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Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on: after a few days, it is just a bigger, more powerful Switch, transferring games works smoothly, the new Joy-Cons are great, and more (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/682661/nintendo-…

A weekend with the Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo released the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World on June 5th, and the console and game make a strong first impression.

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"Actions over words:" Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton is ready for a challenge https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45458576/nfl-jermaine-burton-cincinnati-bengals-second-season

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Thanks for playing our games. See you at 9PM EST for the new game.
This may or may not be a clue for tonight's game.
See you then.

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We lost George Wendt, the actor who played NORM! on Cheers, this week. In remembrance, Let's play!
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