A thought provoking, fun read. School textbooks should be this fun!

I love spending hours upon hours playing on my Xbox One so this was such a fascinating read for me! I loved reading about the theory behind the gaming industry and it was interesting to learn about how games have changed society and the way people socialise. Definitely recommend!

Let me be very clear: I am about to fangirl a little bit.
I studied Economics and Finance, so I am not new to Game Theory - I studied it some 8 years ago and went on to work on a different field.
So I picked up this book to refresh my memory not to lose completely the knowledge I gained all those years ago and I have to say it was brilliant. Hair Shapira manages to make Game Theory so interesting showing us only the fun, quizzical part of Game Theory leaving out all the boring (ahem) stuff you want to skip in class. Former Game Theory students and complete newbies to the subject will love this book. It's interesting, fun, funny and makes you thing. Greatly recommended!

An ARC was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an amusing and accurate, if not particularly deep, introduction to the mathematics and economics of game theory. It doesn't tell you how to solve real game theory problems, if you're looking for that, [[ASIN:B00A3M1A6S The Compleat Strategyst]] is an excellent introduction but requires a little more mathematics background. [[ASIN:B004KPM1GM Prisoner's Dilemma]] goes more deeply into the philosophy and history of the subject.

Where this book excels is in integrating mathematics, behavioral psychology and economics in some amusing examples that are simple enough to have clear solutions, but realistic enough to stimulate real thought. It's short and easy to read, clearly written with the flair of an accomplished lecturer.