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Monkeys Express Self-Doubt Through Computer Gaming

6:00AM February 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Are self-doubt and uncertainty purely human traits, or do other members of the animal kingdom experience these feelings? A team of scientists made monkeys play video games because it’s awesome. Oh, and to address the whole self-doubt thing. More »


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NASA Tables Plan To Expose Monkeys To Gamma Radiation

6:03AM December 15, 2010 | Cyriaque Lamar

Protests from animal rights activists have put a moratorium on NASA plans to expose 27 squirrel monkeys to gamma-ray radiation. Researchers hoped to simulate the effects of space radiation on humans, but protesters claim the experiment’s cruel and unnecessary. More »


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Bring On The Monkey Mind-Powered Robots

4:30AM June 5, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have trained monkeys to manipulate robotic appendages using the power of their minds, once again proving one solid scientific fact: monkeys kick arse. More »


Have A Super Monkey Ball Christmas

4:20AM December 16, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Sega says Happy Holidays with a couple of holiday wallpapers and some new screens from the upcoming Wii Balance Board title Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll. More »


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And Now 360 Avatars Can Have Pets

2:40AM December 3, 2009 | Mike Fahey

If I had 240 Microsoft points tomorrow, I would buy you a monkey. Haven’t you always wanted a monkey? The Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace pet shop opens tomorrow. More »


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PETA Praises Sega For Monkey Loving

3:20AM November 5, 2008 | Mike Fahey

The folks at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dropped us a line today to let us know they were sending a thank you gift to Sega for pulling advertisements for Samba De Amigo that featured chimpanzee actors. After the lovely, uplifting information PETA passed on to the publisher I can’t see that they really had much of a choice. We explained how involuntary chimpanzee “actors” are taken away from their mothers when they are just a year or so old and forced to perform confusing and repetitious tricks. We also explained some of the horrible methods that chimpanzee “trainers” use, such as electric shocks with shock collars and prods, isolation, beatings with sawed-off pool cues and slapjacks, and food deprivation. Then, at the ripe old age of just 8, the chimpanzees reach puberty and their showbiz careers are over–and they end up being dumped at dismal roadside zoos or sold to laboratories for experimentation.

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Smack Naughty Monkeys In PS3′s Pain

11:20PM November 9, 2007 | Luke Plunkett

So you…slingshot yourself, and you have to hit the cheeky monkeys? Flying ragdoll cheeky monkeys? Fantastic. Where do we sign up? More »


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TimeSplitters 4 Will Officially Feature Monkeys

3:30PM October 10, 2007 | Luke Plunkett

So we knew TimeSplitters 4 was in development, and have known about it for a while now. Still, there’s nothing like an official announcement, just to get it all out in the open. Free Radical have taken the wraps off TimeSplitters 4, announcing it on their site in probably the only way they could: with monkeys. Monkeys taking the piss out of Halo. Hit up the site to see the teaser ad in full. TimeSplitters 4 [Free Radical] More »