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Two Classic 90s Adventure Games Are Getting Unexpected Remakes
Our collective video gaming memory is a weird thing. Some games from decades past are committed to The Pantheon, where they will be spoken about and remembered for all time. Others, meanwhile, can be some of the biggest releases of their time, only to disappear and never be heard from again.
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What People Get Wrong When They Think About Video Game AI
Last year, AI generated art finally broke through the mainstream — but not without significant public controversy. The rampant art theft required to build an AI’s dataset and the resulting forgeries eventually led to a class action lawsuit against AI generators. Yet that hasn’t stopped developers from using the technology to generate images, narrative, music…
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After Dominating Chess, A Machine Learning AI Is About To Beat Physics-Based Sports Games Too
Artificial intelligence has already beaten chess. Hell, the most sophisticated AI systems have a very good chance against top players in the incredibly complicated game of Go.
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Hades II Is A Sequel From A Studio That Doesn’t Make Sequels
When I played Bastion in high school, it was the first time I felt that American video games could be art. Most games I knew were overtly concerned with how efficiently I could kill a living being, or their colour palettes were a dreadful combination of brown and grey. Bastion stood out as a beautiful…