Collaborate Disseminate
“What can scientists learn by teaching two monkeys to play Pac-Man?” asks the South China Morning Post.
“Quite a lot it seems, according to researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.”
A team of neuroscientists from the academy said they used th… Continue reading What Chinese Scientists Learned Teaching Two Monkeys to Play Pac-Man
“Pong on a Commodore 64 is one thing… but Pong in a single C64 sprite? That’s uncharted territory,” writes Slashdot reader segaboy81.
Neowin reports:
The Commodore 64 is an iconic machine. For many of us boomers, it was our introduction to programm… Continue reading Man Creates Entire Game of Pong Inside a Single Commodore 64 Sprite
IEEE Spectrum has republished an article from nearly 40 years ago remembering one of the long-forgotten secrets of the classic video game Space Invaders.
It’s about that iconic descending musical notes accompanying the onslaught of the aliens…
The… Continue reading Secrets of ‘Space Invaders’ — and One Very Tiny Homegrown Cabinet
Three research scientists at DeepMind Technologies teamed up with former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to “explore what variations of chess would look like at superhuman level,” according to their new article in Communications of the ACM. Their… Continue reading Can AI Help Us Reimagine Chess?
There may still be cabinets in rows with flashing lights and electronic sounds — but Polygon reports a historic change in the world of videogame arcades:
Even though arcades all over the world have been in a steady decline over the past 20 years… Continue reading After 56 years, SEGA Officially Sells Off All Its Arcades
Each player gets 15 minutes for all moves (plus a 10-second-per-move increment) at the World Rapid Chess Championship.
But players only get three minutes for all moves (plus a 2-second-per-move increment) in the World Blitz Chess Championship.
So w… Continue reading 17-Year-Old Beats Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship
“On Friday, needing just one point against Ian Nepomniachtchi to defend his world champion status, Magnus Carlsen closed the match out with three games to spare, 7.5-3.5,” ESPN reports. “He’s been the No 1 chess player in the world for a decade now… … Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Wins 8th World Championship. What Makes Him So Great?
“On Friday, needing just one point against Ian Nepomniachtchi to defend his world champion status, Magnus Carlsen closed the match out with three games to spare, 7.5-3.5,” ESPN reports. “He’s been the No 1 chess player in the world for a decade now… … Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Wins 8th World Chess Championship. What Makes Him So Great?
CNN profiles Magnus Carlsen, the world’s best chess player — and the state of the chess community today:
Interest in chess spiked at the beginning of the pandemic, and again in October 2020 after the release of the Netflix series, “The Queen’s G… Continue reading World Chess Champion Urges Quicker Games, Is Also Rich
DevNull127 writes: Saturday afternoon, 91 geeks huddled around a Twitch stream to hear the winners announced for the 27th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition. This year’s competition attracted 71 entries, and $10,396 was raised for a cash-prize fund… Continue reading 27th Annual Text Adventure Competition Won By Game About – Text Adventures