Math is way more fun when it's lent some narrative, some purpose—and we've never seen a better example than this stunning noir cartoon which explains fractals. You have to watch it. » 4/30/14 4:00am 4/30/14 4:00am

As Kotaku's new weekend editor I am now off Thursday and Friday, so I missed the celebration of Pi Day on 3/14. I felt bad about it. Then I saw Vihart's latest anti-Pi rant. » 3/16/14 2:00pm 3/16/14 2:00pm

You might be stuck on level 20 or 30 of Candy Crush Saga, but now you can take some small solace in the fact that science has proven that a computer would have just as hard a time beating the game. » 3/12/14 12:15pm 3/12/14 12:15pm

Calculords for iOS is incredibly nerdy — and wonderfully so. It's a lane-based strategy game. It's a collectible card game. It makes the player actively participate in math. There are few ways it could be nerdier — I have compiled a list. » 3/04/14 2:55pm 3/04/14 2:55pm

It's never too early for math sequence riddles. Veritasium's Derek Muller offered a selection of strangers a simple sequence of three numbers — 2, 4, 8 — and asked them to determine the rule governing the sequence. It's not what you think. » 2/25/14 2:00pm 2/25/14 2:00pm

Someone's math professor must like Saints Row. (Via Reid B) » 2/07/14 8:30pm 2/07/14 8:30pm

Scott Laidlaw is slowing down the pace on educational math games. » 7/05/11 7:30pm 7/05/11 7:30pm

Teacher Robert Drewnowski had only $300 in grant money to help him develop a more effective way of teaching math to fourth graders. He used it to buy a Wii. » 1/20/11 11:40am 1/20/11 11:40am

This man is unarguably the greatest math teacher in the history of math teachers. Or at least the greatest at pulling off large-scale video projector pranks that leave you laughing, stunned, and a little bit awed. » 11/01/10 1:01pm 11/01/10 1:01pm

Seven months ago, DreamBox Learning launched its math-based edutainment site for kids between kindergarten and second grade. Today, it's making virtual headlines with success stories. » 7/23/09 8:40pm 7/23/09 8:40pm

I have to hand it to this little web start-up company: it's a gutsy strategy to deceive schoolchildren with a game called "DreamBox Learning K-2 Math." I'd have thought Math Blaster was subtler edutainment. » 1/27/09 9:40pm 1/27/09 9:40pm

Ever since the beta for Littlebigplanet hit, we've seen numerous level designs, some good, some not so good. From classic Mario remakes to re-imagining of the humongous spectacles found in Shadow of the Colossus. Heck, even Tristan is a game designer in the making. » 10/06/08 10:30pm 10/06/08 10:30pm But simply from an engineering standpoint, I…