Top scientists uncover way to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance more complicated—turn it into a board game

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David Runciman reflects on the gamification of daily life, starting with his morning word puzzle routine and expanding into a broader critiq

Technical Analysis of RollerCoaster Tycoon's Assembly Language Optimization

This article explores the technical achievements of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999), focusing on how its creator Chris Sawyer wrote the game alm

NYU Researcher Explains Why AI Models Still Struggle to Play Video Games

Julian Togelius, director of NYU's Game Innovation Lab and co-founder of Modl.ai, discusses a recent paper exploring why LLMs and AI models

Educators use card, board, and video games to teach quantum mechanics to students

Educators and physicists are developing card, board, and video games to teach quantum mechanics concepts like superposition and entanglement

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'

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This article critiques the gaming industry's obsession with branching dialogue and "meaningful choices" as the primary means of delivering p