Mike Selinker

Total 20 Posts

Seattle, Washington, USA.

Game designer, puzzlecrafter, author, and president of Seattle's Lone Shark Games. His puzzles and game articles frequently appear in Games Magazine, The New York Times, and The Chicago Tribune.

Opinion USA

Did Boris Johnson just show Nancy Pelosi how to destroy Trump?

7 min read

OK, hear me out on this. It is going to get weird.

Long-Read

Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump, and the bet against America.

15 min read

Part 45 of a series on game theory and politics, this on outsider candidates in the Democratic 2020 US presidential race.

Opinion USA

Game theory and the four magic words that will convict Trump.

8 min read

Part 44 in a series on game theory and politics, this on convicting an impeached President Trump.

Opinion USA

The thunder in the Rotunda — How Nancy Pelosi rope-a-doped Trump.

9 min read

Part 43 of a series on game theory and politics, this on the fallout from the Trump Ukraine scandal.

Long-Read

You can’t spell “believer” without “lie” — A look at why Trump lies so much.

8 min read

Part 42 in a series of essays on game theory and politics, this on Trump’s lies.

Long-Read

The Epstein–Barr virus: Why conspiracies beget more conspiracies.

11 min read

Dispatches from a post-truth world. Part 41 of a series on politics and game theory, this on the theories about Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide.

Long-Read

You don’t have to want to save the planet. You just have to.

14 min read

It’s hard living in the love of the common people. Part 40 of a series on game theory and politics, this on environmentalism and immunization.