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AI makes new video games by watching people play Super Mario and Kirby

24 October 2018

An artificial intelligence has taught itself the basics of video game design by watching people play classic games and is now generating new ones of its own
Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

Making games like Red Dead Redemption 2 shouldn’t be such hard work

16 October 2018

Reports that 2018’s blockbuster video game saw people working 100-hour weeks are troubling, given that tech firms could make workers’ lives easier, says Michael Cook

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