Marathon’s 'Escape will make me God' isn’t a metaphor — it’s a legit threat

In just a few short months, Marathon has minted a highly quotable line: “Escape will make me God.” It’s also, according to ...
Hackaday

Implementing A Rhythm Game Entirely In A GPU Shader

Most rhythm games have a community creating custom charts, and Trombone Champ is no exception. What is exceptional, however, ...

‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

It's not impossible to translate a video game to the big screen, but Genki Kawamura's film version of a Japanese puzzle ...
The New Yorker

“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, “Exit 8,” a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in ...
GitHub

Advanced Memory Game using Python Tkinter

A modern and interactive Memory Card Game built using Python and Tkinter. The game challenges players to match pairs of cards with smooth animations, real-time tracking, and an attractive user ...
IGN

Crimson Desert Players Think They've Found AI-Generated Art In-Game

Crimson Desert just launched yesterday to a bit of a chaotic and mixed reception from critics. That hasn't hampered its sales, but those two million players are starting to stumble into some ...
Kotaku

Take-Two Boss Calls The Idea That AI Could Create Something Like GTA 6 ‘Laughable’

Strauss Zelnick does think AI can help speed up some parts of game development, but is skeptical it can do much more than that AI GTA 6 Rockstar Games Strauss Zelnick Take Two AI-generation tools and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nintendo Released Its First ‘Pokémon’ Games 30 Years Ago. Here’s How the Beloved Catchable ‘Pocket Monsters’ Became the World’s Biggest Media Franchise

The phenomenon—with its video games, trading cards, shows, movies and merchandise—has generated billions in revenue Gregory Wakeman - Freelance Writer “Pokémon” creator Satoshi Tajiri was inspired by ...
New Scientist

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three ...
Tidbits

Dialed Game Tests Your Color Memory

The designers at Lightspark write: Humans can’t reliably recall colors. This is a simple game to see how good (or bad) you are at it. Dialed shows you a color for 5 seconds, then asks you to recreate ...
The Washington Post

The video game that started it all

Playing "Pong" during the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show at the Baird Center in Milwaukee in 2024. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) The ceiling of the lobby in One Liberty Plaza in New York’s ...