Editing Game theory (section)

==In popular culture==
* Based on [[A Beautiful Mind (book)|the 1998 book]] by [[Sylvia Nasar]],<ref>Nasar, Sylvia (1998) ''A Beautiful Mind'', Simon & Schuster. {{isbn|0-684-81906-6}}.</ref> the life story of game theorist and mathematician [[John Forbes Nash Jr.|John Nash]] was turned into the 2001 [[biopic]] ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', starring [[Russell Crowe]] as Nash.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Simon |title=Between Genius and Madness |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/14/reviews/980614.14singht.html |work=The New York Times |date=14 June 1998 }}</ref>
* The 1959 [[military science fiction]] novel ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] mentioned "games theory" and "theory of games".<ref>{{citation |last=Heinlein |first=Robert A. |title=Starship Troopers |year=1959}}</ref> In the 1997 film [[Starship Troopers (film)|of the same name]], the character Carl Jenkins referred to his military intelligence assignment as being assigned to "games and theory".
* The 1964 film ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' satirizes game theoretic ideas about [[deterrence theory]]. For example, nuclear deterrence depends on the threat to retaliate catastrophically if a nuclear attack is detected. A game theorist might argue that such threats can fail to be ''credible'', in the sense that they can lead to subgame imperfect equilibria. The movie takes this idea one step further, with the Soviet Union irrevocably committing to a catastrophic nuclear response without making the threat public.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://archive.org/details/DRStrangelove_20130616|title=Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|date=1964-01-29|minutes=51|quote=... is that the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost, if you keep it a secret!}}</ref>
* The 1980s [[power pop]] band [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]] was founded by singer/songwriter [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]], who described the band's name as alluding to "the study of calculating the most appropriate action given an adversary{{nbsp}}... to give yourself the minimum amount of failure".<ref name=intpacsun>{{cite news|last=Guzman|first=Rafer|title=Star on hold: Faithful following, meager sales|date=6 March 1996|work=[[Pacific Sun (newspaper)|Pacific Sun]]|url=http://www.loudfamily.com/old/intpacsun.html|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106223809/http://www.loudfamily.com/old/intpacsun.html|archive-date=6 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}.{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''[[Liar Game]]'', a 2005 Japanese [[manga]] and 2007 television series, presents the main characters in each episode with a game or problem that is typically drawn from game theory, as demonstrated by the strategies applied by the characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liar Game (manga) – Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=8178 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=www.animenewsnetwork.com |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125140852/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=8178 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 1974 novel ''[[Spy Story (novel)|Spy Story]]'' by [[Len Deighton]] explores elements of game theory in regard to cold war army exercises.
* The 2008 novel ''[[The Dark Forest]]'' by [[Liu Cixin]] explores the relationship between extraterrestrial life, humanity, and game theory.
* Joker, the prime antagonist in the 2008 film ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' presents game theory concepts—notably the [[prisoner's dilemma]] in a scene where he asks passengers in two different ferries to bomb the other one to save their own.
* In the 2018 film ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'', the female lead Rachel Chu is a professor of economics and game theory at [[New York University]]. At the beginning of the film she is seen in her NYU classroom playing a game of poker with her teaching assistant and wins the game by [[Glossary of card game terms#bluffing|bluffing]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/08/poker-and-game-theory-featured-in-hit-film-crazy-rich-asians-31847.htm |title=Poker and Game Theory Featured in Hit Film 'Crazy Rich Asians' |last1=Chaffin |first1=Sean |date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=PokerNews.com |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105190628/https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/08/poker-and-game-theory-featured-in-hit-film-crazy-rich-asians-31847.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> then in the [[Climax (narrative)|climax]] of the film, she plays a game of [[mahjong]] with her boyfriend's disapproving mother Eleanor, losing the game to Eleanor on purpose but winning her approval as a result.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://filmcolossus.com/crazy-rich-asians-game-theory/ |title=Game theory in Crazy Rich Asians: explaining the Mahjong showdown between Rachel and Eleanor |last1=Bean |first1=Travis |date=8 February 2019 |publisher=Colossus |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105190628/https://filmcolossus.com/crazy-rich-asians-game-theory/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In the 2017 film [[Molly's Game]], Brad, an inexperienced poker player, makes an irrational betting decision without realizing and causes his opponent Harlan to deviate from his Nash Equilibrium strategy, resulting in a significant loss when Harlan loses the hand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Analysis of the Applications of Networks in "Molly's Game" : Networks Course blog for INFO 2040/CS 2850/Econ 2040/SOC 2090 |url=https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2022/10/25/an-analysis-of-the-applications-of-networks-in-mollys-game/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408025922/https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2022/10/25/an-analysis-of-the-applications-of-networks-in-mollys-game/ |url-status=live }}</ref>