Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Bridge builds the brain, and it’s one of the top reasons why the game is continuously recommended for people with an active mindset. Puzzles are like a combination of weight-training and cardio for the mind: it’s a good excuse to keep a Sudoku book in the toilet, or to glue crossword puzzles to your bedroom…

Behaviours at the bridge table can fall into two possible categories: the things that are questionable, and the things that are unacceptable. Questionable things might get you a couple of weird looks. At worst, doing questionable things at the bridge table could get you a reputation for being The Weird Player Who Does That Thing.…

Older folks used to call any type of moving picture that wasn’t their favourite soap a “TV game.” It could be a state-of-the-art supercomputer, a Playstation, or Super Mario – and they would still refer to all of these systems by the same term: they were TV games. It made sense, because most gaming consoles…