Nothing funnier than tricking teens into liking math

Show them Red Faction (the video game) and then explain that all the destruction is calculated using binary space partitioning and that all they need for making similar games is to accurately calculate the intersection of planes, lines and points. Add a few linear forces and numerical integration and there you have your Trojan horse for getting kids hooked.

...and then hit them with the "Attention is all you need" paper!

Oh, I absolutely love that you referenced that game. What a wonderful experience that was as a kid

Was that the one where you could blow up almost every wall (or at least the main type of terrain, which seemed to be some sort of dirt or rock).

No idea if the game was actually fun to play “competitively.” But as a tech demo it rocked.

It was. The campaign was good fun

> Show them Red Faction (the video game)

Modern example: Donkey Kong Bananza[1]

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIddsPkdX9U

I'm 100% sure that they never intended this for my age group ... but that trailer looks like it'll be so much fun.

Thank you for sharing :)

IDK your age group, but there's tons of nostalgic references and easter eggs. The game appears to be based on the Super Mario Odyssey engine, and the way Nintendo generally approaches the "all ages" problem is to make the plot easy, with tons of optional challenges and a set of hard levels in the "post-game" content. But I'm not very far in yet, so I can't promise anything on that front.