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From Pong to path tracing: The leaps that built modern game graphics

Graphics in games don’t improve in a steady, gentle slope. They jump. Someone ships a look that feels like it arrived from five years ahead, and then everyone else has to scramble to match it, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play

Walter Crist, who researches ancient games at Leiden University in the Netherlands, first saw the carved limestone in 2020, at the Het Romeins Museum. Located in the southern Dutch city of Heerlen, ...

A Petri Dish Of Human Brain Neurons Just Learned How To Play Doom

In a wild experiment, it turns out a few human neurons linked up to some custom silicon can actually play Doom.

The mystery of the Les Schwab pinball machine: how a tire company prop ended up in an Astoria arcade

Inside the basement, spaceship-themed Galactix arcade in Astoria, visitors will find several games that come with a bit of ...
PCMag

Play These 24 Indie Video Games From Developers of Color Now

Indie games bring innovation and artistry to the video game industry, and people of color bring diversity and perspective to indie games. These PoC-developed indie titles should be on your radar.

AI cracks Roman-era board game

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.
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Neuralink trained this monkey to play Pong with only a chip in its brain

Neuralink trained a monkey to play Pong using only a brain implant — no controller, no movement, just neural signals. In this video, we break down how the chip reads brain activity, how the monkey was ...
Wall Street Journal

Key Moments in the History of Videogames (and No, ‘Pong’ Wasn’t First)

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. To many people, videogames are a ...
Game Rant

Sega Declares $200 Million Write-Off

Ashley has been writing about video games professionally for over eight years, but her path into gaming journalism wasn't exactly a straight line. She grew up playing games and got a Nintendo 64 when ...
PC Gamer

Suda51 says his new game isn't a No More Heroes sequel because series star Travis Touchdown needed a break: 'I could write Travis all day, but dude is exhausted'

Puzzle Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the ...
Kotaku

Ping Pong Run

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ping Pong Run From the animation studio Tenggrenska comes a simple and addictive ping pong game. For how long time can you keep the run going? Enjoy the ...
Game Rant

One Piece's Best Written Character Isn't Luffy, It's This Straw Hat

Suzail Ahmad is a GameRant writer from Kashmir. He has been a manga and gaming enthusiast for more than a decade. As an expert, he aims to provide an in-depth analysis of titles from both mediums.