Two interesting beginner posts: http://www.skorks.com/2011/09/why-developers-never-use-state-machines/ http://www.skorks.com/2011/09/why-developers-never-use-st

Two interesting beginner posts: http://www.skorks.com/2011/09/why-developers-never-use-state-machines/ http://www.skorks.com/2011/09/why-developers-never-use-state... http://www.shopify.com/technology/3383012-why-developers-should-be-force-fed-state-machines http://www.shopify.com/technology/3383012-why-developers-sho... And a more dense and complete beginner friendly article: http://ai-depot.com/FiniteStateMachines/ http://ai-depot.com/FiniteStateMachines/