In advance of the upcoming "Greatest of All Time" Jeopardy! death match between James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings, and Brad Rutter—respectively, the fastest top-money winner, the all-time regular play winner who also has played the most games, and the total cash winner across regular play and tournaments—I thought I'd collect my writing and podcasts about Jeopardy.

(Update: I am sure you know who won the tournament by the time you read this, whenever in the future that is. Motherboard asked me to write up before the fourth game an analysis of the first three and where the trend was heading. I put in a lot of the strategic and game-play issues folks don’t always think about when they consider Jeopardy.)

I taped my three episodes of the game in August 2012, and they aired that October. I won two and took home $30,398! It was very exciting! It remains a neat bond with other Jeopardy contestants and game-show players. In recent months, two long-time friends have appeared and a third is taping their episode(s) shortly!

• While Jeopardy doesn't post its episodes, you can see a little bit of me in this YouTube clip
• What's It Like To Be On Jeopardy for Boing Boing
• For the Economist, I wrote a first person-account ahead of time that explained how one might cram for a show that covers all areas of knowledge
• Many players ignore the betting component of Jeopardy, and I wrote on that aspect for the Economist as well, speaking to a researcher who worked on IBM's Watson
• Arthur Chu won big, played the board in his own fashion, and wagered extremely well—and oddly earned the ire of some viewers. I interviewed him about his playing style and the racism he experienced for Boing Boing.
• My friends at The Incomparable interviewed me about my time on the show
• Jeopardy has a few peculiar rules when you wind up with $0 balance. I explained some of these in 2017 after an odd match with a winner in Final Jeopardy earning just $1!
• While Holzhauer was playing, I got together with two friends: an all-time Jeopardy winner, Tom Nissley, and Matthew Amster-Burton, who played in James's third match, to record a podcast about how Holzhauer might change the game forever

The "Greatest of All Time" tournament starts January 7 on ABC prime-time (8 pm Pacific/Eastern). It's a first-past-the-post tournament for three wins. Players may compete for up to eight days for one to achieve three wins, or it could be over one, two, three.

Holzhauer is slightly favored by bookmakers, although they don't discount Rutter, who has racked up the most tournament wins and has beaten Jennings several times. Jennings is favored for third place because of Holzhauer's faster-paced game play in regular games and Rutter's head-to-head record against him already.