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While other researchers are busy teaching robots how to lie, professor Susan Anderson and her husband Michael have taught a robot how to behave ethically. I know which team is getting my research dollar. More »
Not one to back away from controversy, Electronic Arts today mailed out real cheques payable to game reviewers for $US200. More »
You guys are so mean to game reviewers. In sincerity, though, as games themselves seem to be creatures of far more depth than they once were, the role of the game reviewer has come under increasing scrutiny. I like to think that we’re all trying to do the best, most ethical and most useful work we can, and so there’s been a lot of talking amongst ourselves in the games press about what the ideal way of doing our jobs is.
Gus Mastrapa posits in his column at GameDaily that writing really well is the game reviewer’s highest calling, and he goes on to point out what he feels are the reviewer’s seven deadly sins – Measure, Dullness, Doubt, Diplomacy, Forgiveness, Purposelessness and Obsession.