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Games (other): videos Hacker News recommends
Other game topics: gambling and casinos, gamification, sports and games trivia, miscellaneous game footage. Below: every video in this topic that at least three HN users linked with real commentary, in at least three different months (2 videos, 2 commentarys, 1 documentary), best-scored first, with the comments on each video page.
- 5 HN recommenders 5 months 2012–2025S spinout3 · videoThe canonical real-world example in game theory discussions of manipulating a prisoner's dilemma.
- 5 HN recommenders 6 months 2022–2025HN recommends it as well-researched reporting on skin gambling, especially its effect on minors, in threads about gambling and Valve.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2025Pointed to in threads on CS skin economy and Valve as an investigation arguing Valve is complicit in underage gambling.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2022S Stephanie Sterling · commentaryPointed to in threads on loot boxes, gacha games and exploitative monetization as a damning overview.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2023Cited in threads on rigged arcade machines and gambling-like games as the clearest demonstration that skill games can be tuned to be unwinnable.
- cited 4× 0 months 2014–2026T Techno947 · videoHN cites it as shorthand for the tic-tac-toe lesson, especially in threads about AI and nuclear strategy or games that cannot be won.
Questions
What is the most recommended games (other) video on Hacker News?
golden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever! by spinout3: The canonical real-world example in game theory discussions of manipulating a prisoner's dilemma.
How is this games (other) list ranked?
By HackerTube's score: the number of distinct months in which an HN comment recommended the video, plus half a point for every month with a strong recommendation. One viral thread counts less than steady recommendations over years.
Where do the videos come from?
From every Hacker News comment between 2007 and 2026 that linked a YouTube video, labeled by an AI model as a recommendation, a citation, a joke or a criticism. The list is published by HackerTube under ODC-By 1.0; this edition adds indexable pages and the comment context.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.