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Landmark AI system beats poker pros in multi-player Texas hold 'em

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An example hand from the game showing the AI system (Pluribus) bluffing five professional players

A team of computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University and the Facebook AI Research lab has created an AI system that, for the first time, has defeated several poker professionals in six-player Texas hold-em. Unlike earlier iterations of the system, the researchers will not publicly release this algorithm’s code, for fear it could decimate the online poker world.

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Arduboy Goes Thin and Flexible for Portable Gaming

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We all have a gaming system in our pocket or purse and some of us are probably reading on it right now. That pocket space is valuable so we have to budget what we keep in there and adding another gaming system is not in the cards, if it takes …read more

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Build Retro Games with Script-8

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A whole generation of programmers learned to program by writing — or at least typing in — game programs for relatively simple computers like a TRS-80, a Commodore 64, or any of a handful of similar machines. These days, games are way more complicated and so are computers. Sure, it is more fun to play Skyrim than Snake, but for learning, you are probably going to get more out of starting with a simple game. If you want to learn programming today — or maybe start someone else on that same journey, you should check out Script-8, a project by …read more

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New Game, Old Ways: Cramming an NES Game into 40 kB

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Why would anyone bother to create new content for a console system that’s staring down its 40th birthday? Perhaps just for the challenge of fitting a game into 40 kilobytes of storage.

That at least seems to be the motivation behind [Morphcat Games] pending release of Micro Mages, a new game for the Nintendo Entertainment System console that takes its inspiration from Super Mario Bros. The interesting bit here is how they managed to stuff so much content into so little space. The video below goes into great detail on that, and it’s a fascinating lesson in optimization. …read more

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Authorities search & seize properties of GTA V’s “Infamous” cheat developers

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Cheat developers are constantly under the radar of Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games. Both companies have previously taken legal action against cheat developers for protecting their games including the very popular Grand Theft Auto V … Continue reading Authorities search & seize properties of GTA V’s “Infamous” cheat developers→

‘Lets Just Vibe:’ Watch the Moment the ‘Halo 2’ Theme Was Created

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Legendary producer Nile Rodgers and guitarist Steve Vai teamed up to create a heavy metal version of the iconic ‘Halo’ theme. Thanks to producer Martin O’Donnell, the fated session is now on YouTube. Continue reading ‘Lets Just Vibe:’ Watch the Moment the ‘Halo 2’ Theme Was Created→

Arcade Inspired Halloween Candy Dispenser

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The days are getting shorter and the nights are a little cooler, which can only mean one thing: it’s officially time to start devising the trials you’ll put the neighborhood children through this Halloween. For [Randall Hendricks], that means building a new candy dispensing machine to make sure the kids have to work for their sugary reward. After all, where’s the challenge in just walking up and taking some candy from a bowl? These kids need to build character.

[Randall] writes in to share his early work on this year’s candy contraption which he’s based on a popular arcade game …read more

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