science
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A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working
Sea Hero Quest is a video game developed in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, game studio Glitchers and several European universities and it is designed to identify individuals who might have early and mild symptoms of dementia that medical tests aren’t able to detect.
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Medieval Board Game Unearthed In Secret Castle Chamber
Last month, Russian archaeologists found a secret chamber inside a medieval castle. While exploring this previously unknown area, the archaeologists discovered a clay brick with tracings of what appears to be a medieval board game.
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EA Created An AI That Taught Itself To Play Battlefield
Electronic Arts’ Search for Extraordinary Experiences (SEED) Division – which sounds like an anime space force – has created a “self-learning AI-agent” that has managed to teach itself how to play Battlefield 1 multiplayer.
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Skyrim Mod Gives NPCs Their Own Lives (And Loves)
Social NPCs is a mod for Skyrim that takes the clockwork non-playable characters from two of the game’s smaller locations and turns them into believable people with lives to lead completely independent of what you’re up to.