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Vijay Vazirani is a computer scientist who works on approximation algorithms, matching theory, and algorithmic game theory. He co-developed algorithms for finding maximum matchings in graphs and wrote the textbook "Approximation Algorithms." Vazirani's work has helped establish approximation algorit...
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with rectangular pieces divided into two ends, each marked with a number of spots or left blank. Most Western sets use the double-six format, while larger sets support more players and additional variants. Games commonly involve matching equal values,...
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye is Activision's 1990 sequel to Shanghai, notable for adding a two-player Dragon's Eye duel to classic mahjong solitaire layouts.
Mahjong Titans is Microsoft's Windows Vista mahjong solitaire game by Oberon Games, notable for being bundled with Vista and Windows 7 in six tile layouts.
Kyodai Mahjongg is a Windows mahjong solitaire game by French developer Rene-Gilles Deberdt, notable as a long-running shareware title from the late 1990s.
Shanghai: Dynasty is a 1998 Activision mahjong solitaire game developed by Quicksilver Software, part of the long-running Shanghai computer-game series.
Mahjongg Dimensions is an Arkadium 3D mahjong solitaire game, notable for replacing flat layouts with a rotatable cube of matching tiles under time pressure.
Mahjong Quest is an iWin mahjong solitaire adventure, notable for helping popularize story-framed tile matching on casual PC portals in the mid-2000s.
Mahjong Epic is a mahjong solitaire game by Kristanix Games, notable for its large set of layouts and its role in the Norwegian studio's casual puzzle catalog.
Herd Mentality is a party game published by Big Potato Games around 2020 in which players write responses to prompts hoping to match the most popular answer. Players collect cow tokens, but the player holding the pink cow at the end cannot win. The game supports approximately 4–100 players and is de...
Microsoft Mahjong is Microsoft's 2012 Windows Store successor to Mahjong Titans, notable for adding daily challenges, Xbox Live features, and mobile versions.
Mahjong Quest 2 is a sequel to iWin's Mahjong Quest, notable for continuing the casual PC series' travel-story structure around mahjong solitaire boards.
SmartGames Day & Night is a single-player wooden puzzle designed for young children. Players arrange colored blocks on upright pegs so that the finished construction matches an illustrated challenge, developing visual matching, spatial reasoning, and planning skills. Its 48 challenges progress from...
Apartment List is an online rental marketplace focused on apartments in the United States. Renters provide information such as preferred location, budget, move-in timing, and desired amenities, and the service uses those answers to organize and recommend available listings. It is designed for people...
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle is a free-to-play mobile game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment and first released in 2015. It combines character collection and team building with turn-based combat in which players select chains of colored Ki Spheres to power attacks. Drawing characters and story...
Big Money! is a 2002 PopCap puzzle game in which players click clusters of coins, notable as an early desktop casual title from the studio.
Shedding card game in which eights are wild and the first player to discard their entire hand wins; it directly inspired the commercially sold game Uno.
SmartGames Dress Code is a one-player preschool layering puzzle based on Colour Code, with 80 challenges using figurine and pattern tiles.
Mahjong Journey is a free-to-play mahjong solitaire game from Sweden's G5 Entertainment, adapted from its earlier Mahjong Artifacts line for mobile players.
Mahjong Trails is a Facebook and mobile mahjong solitaire game by Munich-based MegaZebra, notable for reaching more than two million monthly players by 2011.
Mahjong Journey: Tile Match is G5 Entertainment's mobile naming of Mahjong Journey, notable as a free-to-play solitaire mahjong app on iOS and Android.
American social dice game played by rotating teams of two in six rounds, scoring for three-of-a-kind matches; it rose to widespread parlor popularity in the 1890s United States.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Slots is a Zynga-licensed social casino game based on the 1971 Warner Bros. musical film.
