2M views · Oct 31, 2019 · 22:54 · 3 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2019–2026
Kyle Hill of Because Science explains and demonstrates, using real cards, how Magic: The Gathering can be used to build a Turing machine, a computer inside the card game.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN links it as the accessible, hands-on demo behind the claim that Magic is Turing complete.
“Because Science did a thorough breakdown and demonstration, using actual cards”HN comment, 2020
“Because Science did a thorough breakdown and demonstration, using actual cards”
Thorough breakdown and demo of a Turing machine in MtG.
For anyone curious about the details of building a Turing machine in MtG, Because Science did a thorough breakdown and demonstration, using actual cards: this video
“Here's a demo”
Demo showing deterministic machine game state.
Here's a demo: this video Didn't realize this before watching, but it's interesting that there's an incredibly complicated board state but the game state / actions are deterministic, e.g. the players don't have any choices about what to do once the machine is set up.
“if you want to see the cards being used and a little more explanation”
Shows the cards used with extra explanation.
Someone made a video based on the paper, if you want to see the cards being used and a little more explanation: this video
“Because Science recently made a video about how such a game would look like”
Video on building a computer in Magic.
Related to your comment, here's the paper [0] and Because Science recently made a video about how such a game would look like [1]. [0] link [1] this video
