Games reward creativity: titles like Zelda, Hitman, and MGSV let players solve problems in countless ways. Nonlinear play grows thinking: puzzles and open missions encourage outside-the-box solutions.

Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from TPM Reader BT, who recommends that big cities hold military occupation referendums. Needless to say these would not constrain President ...

I don’t want to overhype the artistry coming to the Community Concert Hall, but February and early March have me genuinely reeling – in the best way. What’s ahead is truly “outside the box,” with ...

Let me first introduce myself and this blog, which is titled Total Brain Workout. I am a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, and one of my main areas of cultural research is ...