Carnegie Mellon researchers use Twitch to collect sounds for AI research
Carnegie Mellon researchers have designed a livestreaming video game that collects audio from players to populate a database for AI research. The team’s game...
The president’s ‘gaming guy’ tells us that educational games fascinate Obama
You may find it hard to believe that the leader of the free world has much time for video games. But the President's senior advisor, Mark DeLoura, says Barack Obama has taken a personal interest.
Anki zooms autonomous robotic racing cars out of stealth mode at WWDC
Anki is an artificial intelligence and robotics startup that emerged out of stealth mode today and unveiled its first product -- a car racing game called Anki Drive. It also revealed $50 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Two Sigma.
Halo 4, Xbox, and American Express partnership: Kill Covenant nasties to earn cold, hard cash
If you're a gamer and you're planning to play Halo, you just might be in line for $25 free from American Express. Or a Best Buy offer for $50 ... or a free trip to E3 in 2013.
7 awesomely geeky video game marriage proposals
Here are seven examples of how some awesomely geeky grooms-to-be used video games to pop the big question.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney live action film cast revealed
Japanese film site Eiga.com (translated via Andriasang) has revealed the first pictures of the full cast of Ace Attorney, the upcoming live action film...
Buddy can you spare a dollar? Indie game developer makes you think about being homeless
This week I played a game called Homeless on my Xbox 360 game console. The game involved bumming quarters from passers by, trying to...
Cheap Uncharted bundle coming ahead of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception release
Naughty Dog will release a video game package that includes two blockbusters, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves The bundle is due...
Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game?
“Did I really just do that?” I ask myself, part way into playing “Heavy Rain,” the new, uh, video game for the PlayStation 3....