{"id":905901,"date":"2025-12-25T06:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T06:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/DpvdrJPtvioSr4CxDLDzV"},"modified":"2025-12-25T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T06:33:14","slug":"pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Gamer does not beat rock in this viral AI-driven rock-paper-scissors browser game that has absolutely destroyed our productivity this afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>What beats rock? Paper, correct! What beats paper? Scissors, correct! And what beats scissors? Yep, that&apos;s right: <em>Running<\/em>. Or rust. Or bureaucratic inertia. Or the crushing ennui of post-industrial modernity.<\/p>\n<p>Don&apos;t look at me. I don&apos;t make the rules. I&apos;m just reporting the findings of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatbeatsrock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Beats Rock<\/a>, the latest asteroid to impact productivity in the PC Gamer company Slack. Sorry if you guys were looking forward to articles about videogames today. We&apos;re <em>busy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What Beats Rock is simple: It&apos;s a nearly blank webpage that invites you to answer the question of, well, what beats rock? You can write anything: Paper, sure, but also erosion, or time, or a positive mental attitude, and the website&apos;s large language model underpinnings will take a second to process your answer and decide if it wins or not. Then you decide what beats the thing you wrote, then what beats that, and so on, and so on, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, it&apos;s an AI-powered game, with all the caveats and iffiness and soul-searching that implies, but I&apos;m afraid it&apos;s very fun indeed. Also, it&apos;s intensely moreish. I&apos;ll level with you, folks: This article took a lot longer to write than it should have because, well, I just got too enmeshed in my research.<\/p>\n<p>I&apos;m not the only one, though. Both the US and UK teams at PCG have found themselves utterly debilitated by the game for at least part of their workday recently. It&apos;s all the fault of our Lincoln Carpenter, who was the first of us to share with the rest that, ah, mental illness beats Gundam? Mental illness beats Gundam.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:447px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:85.23%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ggBnNcAYo4aKWsERYvmsMN\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 152623.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Lincoln Carpenter comments \"I don't know what I expected\" over a screenshot reading \"Mental illness beats Gundam\".\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"447\" height=\"381\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From then, all was lost. Our hunger piqued, the PC Gamer staff spent a solid 45 minutes or so striving from discovery to discovery. A bigger fan does not beat a big fan. Low gravity beats bazookas. Submachine guns beat PhD candidates. Noogies beat swirlies. A stern word beats rock. Me on a bad day beats Margit, the Fell Omen. Jeremy Bentham beats god. A dead dog beats John Wick. On and on it went until we all collectively realised we technically had jobs to be doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery inline-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:696px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:52.44%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"RLTBLLzWVXz6Exx5NJwgsM\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155617.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the PC Gamer Slack. Mollie Taylor comments \"this game's a fucking opp I regret scrolling up through Slack trying to find yesterday's boba convo\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-1.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:444px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:67.57%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7on4i4bDmXxaHhL6rAwGwM\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155522.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Joshua Wolens comments \"Wtf\" on a screenshot reading \"PC Gamer does not beat Rock\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-2.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"300\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 3 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:425px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:96.71%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"tW3ixnk9zvreYete6yCA2N\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155319.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Jake Tucker posts a screenshot reading \"Jeremy Bentham beats god.\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-3.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"411\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 4 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:434px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:118.20%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"X9CagpWes6nNurkx3YECAN\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155011.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Ted Litchfield comments \"Joshua Wolens called out as a fake gamer\" over a screenshot reading \"PC Gamer editor Joshua Wolens does not beat a really good videogame\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-4.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"513\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 5 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:435px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:71.72%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8E9gBUnei5kFcMvuPsmDEN\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155209.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Mollie Taylor comments \"the game didn't understand the reference\" over a screenshot reading \"Kicking a helmet beats good acting.\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-5.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"312\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 6 of 6<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:443px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:62.98%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pDH24dyipuQb7h7c9P9EJN\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155112.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Lincoln Carpenter comments \"The hell,\" over a screenshot reading \"Divine malaise does not beat autoapotheosis\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-6.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"279\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Except me. I decided to write about it in a cunning ploy to keep doing it. It&apos;s the perfect scam. Did you know Francis Fukuyama doesn&apos;t beat historical materialism? I do, thanks to <em>journalistic investigation<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:434px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:75.35%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mHNY5HCJroSbZfGdmHw96N\" name=\"Screenshot 2024-07-19 155243.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from the PC Gamer Slack. Joshua Wolens comments \"Walter White You're Goddamn Right dot gif\" over a screenshot reading \"Francis Fukuyama does not beat historical materialism.\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon-7.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"434\" height=\"327\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: WhatBeatsRock.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My only complaint is that I think it&apos;s a little too easy to beat things. I probably should not, for instance, have been able to beat rock with &#8220;bureaucratic inertia,&#8221; and yet here we are. The LLM seems more willing to decide in the player&apos;s favour in situations where the player has gotten a bit weird with it than I would like.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, I might be thinking about it a bit too hard.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&apos;re also enduring a hot Friday afternoon waiting for the ongoing <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/infamous-bsod-appears-across-windows-machines-globally-as-suspected-security-bug-grounds-planes-hits-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DataKrash<\/a> to end, might I suggest seeing what would win in a fight: Global IT infrastructure or some poor guy hitting a button at a bad time? The answer may surprise you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What beats rock? Paper, correct! What beats paper? Scissors, correct! And what beats scissors? Yep, that&apos;s right: Running. Or rust. Or bureaucratic inertia. Or the crushing ennui of post-industrial modernity. Don&apos;t look at me. I don&apos;t make the rules. I&apos;m just reporting the findings of What Beats Rock, the latest asteroid to impact productivity in the PC Gamer company Slack. Sorry if you guys were looking forward to articles about videogames today. We&apos;re busy. What Beats Rock is simple: It&apos;s a nearly blank webpage that invites you to answer the question of, well, what beats rock? You can write anything: Paper, sure, but also erosion, or time, or a positive mental attitude, and the website&apos;s large language model underpinnings will take a second to process&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pc-gamer-does-not-beat-rock-in-this-viral-ai-driven-rock-paper-scissors-browser-game-that-has-absolutely-destroyed-our-productivity-this-afternoon\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-905901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PC Gamer does not beat rock in this viral AI-driven rock-paper-scissors browser game that has absolutely destroyed our productivity this afternoon | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What beats rock? 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