OZY's Top 10 | The Allure of Impossible Games

www.ozy.com [OZY.COM]( [VIEW ONLINE]( 10 MUST READS TODAY [Daily Dose]( Saturday Dec 14, 2019 1 [The New + the Next]( [The New + the Next]( [The Future of Gaming]( Win or lose, these games could shape societies and drive tech. Check out OZY’s original series on the future of gaming. Google "gaming" and the images you’ll most likely see are those of young men wearing headphones, focused on a screen in front of them, seemingly disconnected from the rest of the world. But you might be surprised by the games they’re increasingly playing — and indeed by those playing them. Welcome to The Future of Gaming, an OZY series designed to prepare you for the shifts that could transform how games are played, what they’re about and those bringing them to you. [READ MORE]( 2 [Good Sh*t]( [Good Sh*t]( [The Undeniable Attraction of Impossible Games]( Fumblecore games are designed to make you laugh — and fail. That’s what makes them so good. All I was trying to do was run. It’s not so hard: calves and quads, up and down. A child could do it. But I couldn’t, which is the magic of QWOP. Developed in 2008, QWOP is a simple video game. You use the Q, W, O and P keys to control the legs of an Olympic athlete trying to run 100 meters. But it turns out that it’s a [lot more complicated than that](: The controls are wonky and awkward. You’ll try to step high and fall back. After several minutes, due to a fall, I go backward. The strangers crowded around me at the arcade where I was playing — awaiting their turns at the controls — were laughing, and so was I. [READ MORE]( 3 [The New + the Next]( [The New + the Next]( [Conservative Asia Is the Gender-Equality Bastion of the Gaming World]( Female fans and players are finding an esports community — just not in the United States. This is the unexpected future of gaming: Four young Hong Kong women casually dressed in oversize hoodies, each holding a stuffed panda and smiling timidly into the camera. Gaming, as with many sports, has long been dominated by male players. But these women are members of PandaCute, Hong Kong’s first all-female gaming team, founded in October 2016, and — despite the silly name — they’re part of a revolution in Asia’s gaming industry. The rise of women in Asia’s gaming industry is no accident — and, in part, it’s fan driven. In fact, South Korea and China have the highest percentage of hard-core female esports fans in the world, far more than France, the U.K. or the U.S. [READ MORE]( [Sponsored by: CARIUMA]( [The Sustainable Gift for Smart Gifters]( We get it. Gifting is tough. But there's an across-the-board solution that your loved ones want and need. Oh yeah, it's good for the planet too. CARIUMA sneakers are old-school cool with new-school ethics: ridiculously comfy and good-looking, made of fair trade cotton, ethically harvested raw rubber and other natural premium materials. Low- and high-top styles are perfect for kicking back or climbing the ladder. And unlike those scented pine candles, they last beyond the holiday season. After all, your friends and family know you're smart. Give them the smart gift they deserve and [save $15 by using the OZY code here.]( 4 [The New + the Next]( [Reclaiming Lost Palestinian Dreams Through Role-Play]( Laura Alajma is spreading live-action role-playing throughout the Palestinian territories and the broader Arab world. 5 [Good Sh*t]( [Our 10 Must-Read Stories — the OZY Highlight Reel]( From clouds of screeching bats to over-the-counter love drugs, here’s the best of OZY this week. 6 [Good Sh*t]( [Give the Gift of ‘Oh Yeah’: The Elevated Sex Toy Gift Guide]( Can you give a sex toy as a gift? In most cases, yes. Here are some devices that say, “Your pleasure is important to me.” 7 [True Stories]( [Flying Cheap for the Holidays? Thank Jimmy Carter]( Carter's landmark 1978 deregulation of the airline industry paved the way for today's flying landscape. 8 [Good Sh*t]( [A Love Letter to Malta’s Little-Known Swimming Spot]( This small spot at the base of a cliff is a local favorite, far from sand-seeking crowds. 9 [The New + the Next]( [This Piano-Playing Phenom Is Turning NBA Scouts’ Heads]( Zeke Nnaji’s upbringing in a Nigerian-American household instilled the work ethic he’s using to tear up college hoops. 10 [The New + the Next]( [She Reveals Solutions for the ‘Hidden Homeless’]( CG Chen's app is designed to serve people exactly when they become homeless. You Should Know This [She’s Bringing Financial Literacy to Those Who Need It Most]( OZY Media Mountain View, California 94040 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Read Online](