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Elon Musk has done it again: fired off a tweet so bad that it illustrated the whole reason people don't like him anymore.

This Pedantic Elon Musk Tweet Perfectly Illustrates Why Nobody Can Stand Him Anymore

By Jon Christian

Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft has unveiled prototypes for its AI-powered non-playable characters (NPCs), dubbed "NEO NPCs."

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Ubisoft Shows Off AI-Powered NPC That Can Talk Back

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The streaming platform Twitch has done an about-face just two days after changing its policies to allow "artistic nudity."

Twitch Reverses Allowing “Artistic Nudity” After Disastrous Results

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new game seems to have used AI instead of real, human voiceover actors, and man, are the professionals mad.

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Voice Actors Furious at New Videogame Using AI-Generated Speech

By Noor Al-Sibai

Trump layer Alina Habba showed up to the former president's Monday court hearing with a light-changing gamer's laptop.

Trump’s Lawyer Shows Up to Court With Glowing ROG Gaming Laptop

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A study of gamers in Portugal reveals that most get physical activity, have healthy diets, and play for reasonable amounts of time.

Shocking Research Discovers That Gamers Are Overall Pretty Healthy

By Frank Landymore

Unity is retroactively implementing changes to its payment plans that would charge a fee for every installation of a game using the engine.

Game Developers Outraged After Unity Engine Slaps Ludicrous Fee on Every Game Install

By Frank Landymore

Red Cross Challenges Gamers Not to Commit Any War Crimes

Red Cross Challenges Gamers Not to Commit Any War Crimes

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

With MetaHuman Animator, creators can easily employ motion-capture tech to relatively instantly animate the facial expressions of high-quality characters.

New Videogame Facial Animation Is So Realistic It’s in the Uncanny Valley

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Brandon Ewing, a popular Twitch streamer who goes by "Atrioc," apologized for viewing NSFW deepfake porn that may have been of female streamers.

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Twitch Streamer Tearfully Apologizes for Looking at Deepfaked Porn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

From the department of Why Not, Axios reports that a UK-based startup dubbed Joipaw is prototyping a new kind of videogame... made for dogs.

Startup Unveils Videogame for Dogs

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

McDonald's has come up with a hideous gaming chair called the "McCrispy," which features "stain-proof leather" and even a French fry holder.

McDonald’s Reveals “Grease-Proof” Gaming Chair for Disgusting Gamers

By Victor Tangermann

No, it's not just your imagination — gamers are indeed more racist and sexist than the general populace, and now, there's science backing up the obvious.

Scientists Find That Gamers Are Indeed More Racist and Sexist Than Normies

By Noor Al-Sibai

A grim new study just found that kids with pre-existing heart conditions are likely to suffer sever cardiac events as a result of playing videogames.

Certain Kids Can Get Heart Attacks From Gaming, Doctors Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

This crypto advocate has an idea: fill future games with poor people playing human-controlled non-playable characters (NPCs).

Crypto Guy: Desperately Poor People Could Be NPCs in Video Games

By Victor Tangermann

Imagine the worst aspects of both Pokémon and non-fungible tokens and you begin to get the gist of what happened with Pixelmon.

NFT Buyers Furious After Art They Spent $70 Million on Turned Out to Be Completely Hideous

By Noor Al-Sibai

The makers of "Magic: The Gathering" have sent a sent a cease and desist letter to a group of fans that plan to launch a series NFTs.

Maker of “Magic” Cards Sends Cease and Desist to Project Minting Unauthorized NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an interview with Australian website Finder, two Ubisoft VPs tried to explain why gamers should care about NFTs and embrace them as the future of gaming.

Gaming Exec Says His Customers Are Idiots For Not Understanding How Great NFTs Are

By Victor Tangermann

Someone who seems to really hate NFTs has made a modified version of the classic video game DOOM whose whole premise involves "killing" NFTs via screenshot.

Someone Made a “Doom” Mod Where Instead of Shooting Demons, You Take Screenshots of NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Chinese government is forcing gaming companies to limit online gaming availability to just three hours a week to children in the country.

China Says Minors Can Only Play Three Hours of Online Games Per Week

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk finaly showed off the new Tesla Model S Plaid playing the game "Cyberpunk 2077" during a brief demo event on Thursday.

Elon Musk Plays Cyberpunk 2077 on Tesla’s In-Car Console

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that virtual reality can affect the way a player senses time.

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You Perceive Time Differently in Virtual Reality, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Only a YouTube inventor would buy an exoskeleton just to lift a massive 50 pound sword modeled after one found in the hit video game "Final Fantasy VII."

Robots and Machines

YouTuber Uses Exoskeleton to Wield Gigantic Anime Sword

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin miners and PC gamers are keeping their homes warm using the heat generated by their computers, as The Wall Street Journal reports.

Science & Energy

Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Chicken Coops With Their Rigs

By Victor Tangermann

PC gaming company Razer just showed off Project Hazel, a smart face mask with N95 filters, a charging case, and RGB lighting.

High Tech N95 Mask Amplifies Your Voice With Built-In Sound System

By Victor Tangermann

The creator of the board games on which the popular video game Cyberpunk 2077 is based told the BBC that the games should be a "warning."

The Creator of Cyberpunk Game Says It’s a “Warning” About the Actual Future

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese company Bauhutte has come up with the perfect solution to surviving a 14-day quarantine: a $1,200 gaming bed concept.

You Literally Never Have to Get Out of This $1,200 Gaming Bed

By Victor Tangermann

Artificial intelligence researchers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to train an AI that can control fleets of military robots.

DARPA Is Using Gamers’ Brain Waves to Train Robot Swarms

By Kristin Houser

Soon after the launch of Pokémon Go, players reportedly began wandering onto Canadian military property in pursuit of the game's virtual creatures.

Pokémon Go Led to a Surge in Trespassers on Military Bases

By Kristin Houser

When a robot talked trash against its opponents, it hurt their feelings and they performed worse at a game researchers use to study human rationality.

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Study: Trash-Talking Robots Can Hurt Your Delicate Feelings

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft's Xbox Live now has a filter system for offensive text-based messages. Next, it wants to filter out offensive voice chats.

Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time

By Kristin Houser

It sounds like a joke, but members of Congress and their staff are getting together Wednesday to play the video game "Rocket League."

Members of Congress Are Gonna Play “Rocket League” on Twitch

By Jon Christian

Tesla has announced the Tesla Arcade, a temporary event where people can visit its showrooms to play the games available through the cars' touchscreens.

Tesla Uses Arcade Games to Lure Potential Buyers to Showrooms

By Kristin Houser

Lawmakers in the US have proposed a bill that would regulate in-game purchases for children's video games, signaling new efforts to protect gamers.

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Lawmakers Want to Regulate Video Games Targeted at Children

By Natalie Coleman

U.S. internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications is offering a new tier of internet service called "Elite Gamer" for an additional $15 a month.

An Internet Provider Is Selling an “Elite Gamer” Service

By Victor Tangermann

By using machine learning technology, video game modders are reviving classic old games by giving their graphics a major update.

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Machine Learning Is Giving Retro Games Cutting-Edge Graphics

By Natalie Coleman

PepsiCo says it's struck a deal with a Russian startup called StartRocket to display an enormous energy drink advertisement in the night sky.

Pepsi Plans to Project a Giant Ad in the Night Sky Using Cubesats

By Jon Christian

An MIT scientist asks whether we're protagonists in a simulated reality or so-called NPCs who exist to round out a player character's experience.

MIT Prof: If We Live in a Simulation, Are We Players or NPCs?

By Jon Christian

In a new interview, "The Simulation Hypothesis" author and MIT professor Rizwan Virk asserts it's more likely we're living in a simulation than not.

MIT Prof: It’s More Likely We’re Living in a Simulation Than Not

By Jon Christian

In eight states, high schools are now offering esports as a varsity level sport for students, according to CNN — a glimpse of the future of sports.

Schools in Eight States Now Have Varsity Video Game Teams

By Natalie Coleman

The wildly popular video game "Fortnite" made history yesterday with a live show by EDM artist Marshmello that reportedly drew millions of viewers.

Live Concert Inside “Fortnite” Drew More Viewers Than Woodstock

By Jon Christian

Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help

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Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help

By Victor Tangermann

During a major tournament for the strategy game DOTA 2, human gamers emerged victorious over OpenAI Five, a team of five neural networks.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Couldn’t Beat a Team of Professional Gamers at DOTA 2, but It Held Its Own

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Five AI Algorithms Worked Together to Beat Humans at a Strategy Game

Artificial Intelligence

The Digest: Five AI Algorithms Worked Together to Beat Humans at a Strategy Game

By Kristin Houser

Internet Addiction Is Ruining Lives. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

Health & Medicine

Internet Addiction Is Ruining Lives. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

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Five Examples of AI Dominating Humans in the World of Gaming

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Five Ways Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Interface Could Transform the World

When You Play Mass Effect, You’re Playing With Dark Matter

When You Play Mass Effect, You’re Playing With Dark Matter

By Kelsey R. Marquart

New VR Ads Know If You’re Watching or Ignoring Commercials

Virtual Reality

New VR Ads Know If You’re Watching or Ignoring Commercials

New AI To Take On World’s Best Poker Players

Artificial Intelligence

New AI To Take On World’s Best Poker Players

By Patrick Caughill

Fully-Immersive Virtual Reality Skateboarding Exhibit Unveiled at E3

Virtual Reality

Fully-Immersive Virtual Reality Skateboarding Exhibit Unveiled at E3

By Jelor Gallego

Scientists Find That Playing Games Actually Improves Your Skills in Real Life

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Scientists Find That Playing Games Actually Improves Your Skills in Real Life

By Jelor Gallego

The Future of Gaming? Check Out the Remarkable Graphics of Unreal Engine 4

The Future of Gaming? Check Out the Remarkable Graphics of Unreal Engine 4

By Annabs Sanchez

New Tech Lets You Step Into Virtual Reality

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New Tech Lets You Step Into Virtual Reality

By June Javelosa

Microsoft’s HoloLens Demos Are Finally Here

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Microsoft’s HoloLens Demos Are Finally Here

By Jolene Creighton

You Can Now Play Dungeons & Dragons in Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

You Can Now Play Dungeons & Dragons in Virtual Reality

By June Javelosa

Zero Latency: Virtual Reality Game Makes Your Zombie Apocalypse Dreams Come True

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Zero Latency: Virtual Reality Game Makes Your Zombie Apocalypse Dreams Come True