Tag: games

• Google’s DeepMind goes undercover to battle gamers

  July 11, 2019

  Gamers in Europe are being invited to take on a bot developed by some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence researchers. But there’s a twist: players will not be told… more ›

• The iPod of VR is here, and you should try it

  May 22, 2019

  Three years ago, I duct-taped a laser tracker to the top of my eminently patient wife’s painting easel. On a converted baker’s cart in the corner, I set up a glowing… more ›

• The Route of a Text Message, a Love Story

  February 27, 2019

  Scott B. Weingart is an historian of science, a data scientist, and a librarian at Carnegie Mellon University. Find him on twitter @scott_bot. This article originally appeared on Weingart’s blog,… more ›

• Everything Breaks

  December 14, 2018

  Everything Breaks We’re going to play a really simple and really dumb game. I’ll explain the setup and the rules: The goal of this stupid and dumb game is to… more ›

• Italian Mafia ‘godfather’ Settimo Mineo held in Sicily raid

  December 4, 2018

  Italian Mafia ‘godfather’ Settimo Mineo held in Sicily raid Italian police have arrested the man said to be the new head of the Sicilian Mafia, along with 45 associates. The… more ›

• How the West Was Woke: ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ and Gaming’s Iron Curtain

  November 24, 2018

  How the West Was Woke: ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ and Gaming’s Iron Curtain In the final months of 2018, Rockstar Games has absorbed the full force of video game culture’s… more ›

• Red Dead Redemption 2: The Kotaku Review

  November 19, 2018

  Red Dead Redemption 2: The Kotaku Review From tip to tail, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a profound, glorious downer. It is the rare blockbuster video game that seeks to move players… more ›

• How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds

  June 4, 2018

  How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds » It was getting late in Tomato Town. The storm was closing in, and meteors pelted the ground. Gizzard Lizard had made his… more ›

• Virtual robots that teach themselves kung fu could…

  April 17, 2018

  Virtual robots that teach themselves kung fu could revolutionize video games » In the not-so-distant future, video game characters might practice kung-fu kicks in a digital dojo before bringing their… more ›

• NAPA Cards _ Narrative Patterns for Data Stories

  April 8, 2018

  NAPA Cards _ Narrative Patterns for Data Stories » This collection of cards came out of a workshop on Data-Driven Storytelling in Dagstuhl, 2016. We investigated how data-driven stories work,… more ›