Video: SEGA's New Urinal-Based Gaming Interface Lets You Pee for Points
There was a time when you had to go down to the arcade or pizza shop and pump quarters into machines if you wanted to enjoy a video game experience. Then computers and home…
View ArticleWhy Crunching Data For Science Is the Future of Game-Playing
The other night I wanted to kill some time before "30 Rock" started, so I sat down and tried to build a strand of RNA. I clicked a yellow adenine avatar to turn it into…
View ArticleIntel's New Ivy Bridge CPUs Will Give Your Next Laptop Legit Gaming Power
If you buy a cheapie laptop, you're going to get onboard graphics--historically underpowered, since they exist on the same die as the CPU, and thus historically crappy. To…
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Is Taking Computer Chess Beyond Brute Force
Natalie WolchoverHow Many Different Ways Can A Chess Game Unfold?Matthew Lai's artificial intelligence chess engine, Giraffe, can play at the level of a FIDE international master.Chess is often seen as...
View ArticleBrains Of Video Game-Addicted Teens Are Hyper Connected
Love Krittaya via Wikimedia CommonsMen playing computer games in ThailandFor the thousands of teens with internet gaming disorder, the symptoms can look a lot like any other addiction: A lack of...
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