IT THINKS! is a game where you build a computer from NAND gates

IT THINKS! is a web game where you start with a box of NAND gates and build NOT, OR, AND, XOR and other gates, then wire them into chips that run devices. There's a web demo you can play.

This is the exact kind of puzzle that makes me feel like I understand how computers work, right up until the moment I don't. It's a great way to see how everything in your phone is built from one very simple idea. Fair warning: you may lose an evening.

I had fun playing the web-based demo of IT THINKS! It's a game where you are challenged to build logic gates and then wire them up to create chips that run devices. You start with a box of NAND gates, and use them to build NOT, OR, AND, XOR, and other gates. — Read the rest

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