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Welcome To Famicase 2023, My Favourite Time Of The Year
Every year, around about now, indie Japanese games retailer/shopfront Meteor holds an exhibition called Famicase. The goal? Showcase the design and illustration of cartridge art for games that do not exist. Artists from all over the world take part, sending in their submissions, and every year Meteor pick the best and display them live in…
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Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls
After The Guardian ran a story earlier this year on gamers inverting their controls, a group of scientists — who have shifted their studies into online stuff during Covid — are now going to do a little research and try to find out why some people play video games the normal way while others try…
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Google’s DeepMind AI Takes Down Human Players In Quake 3’s Capture The Flag Mode
Google’s DeepMind AI lab has been hard at work creating programs to take on human players across a variety of games these last few years. In 2016 its AlphaGo beat the best Go player in the world. Earlier this year, its Alpha Star defeated two middle-tier pros at StarCraft 2. Now it’s learning to win…
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Why Nan Should Play Super Mario 64
Researchers from the University of Montreal have looked into the effects that playing video games has on the brains of older adults. Comparing playing Super Mario 64 with learning piano, the study found an increase in grey matter for game-playing participants. However, the research is not without flaws.