Neuralink Neuralink, Elon Musk’s computer to brain interface firm, has released a video it claims shows a monkey playing the video game Pong with its mind. Its brain signals were sent wirelessly via an implanted device. The hope is that the interface could eventually allow people with neurological conditions to control phones or computers remotely. […]
PC gaming is all about pushing frames per second (fps) as high as possible. The problem is that it’s really difficult to tell the difference between two frame rates without some point of reference. That’s why we put together a guide on how to check your PC’s frame rate while playing video games. There are a lot […]
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Probably the only Paper Mario speedrun you’ve ever seen that includes extensive Ocarina of Time gameplay. The idea of using video games as a way to achieve some form of Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) on classic hardware has come a long way since seven years ago, when TASbot publicly reprogrammed a Super NES on the […]
League of Legends teams in the U.S. lag behind their competitors in Asia, so they recruit the world’s best players by offering huge salaries. Crimson lights flashed and announcers yelled in shock as a star athlete pulled off a miraculous feat: leading his team to an upset victory in the semifinals of a world championship […]
Enlarge / You’re going down, Diane… Collage by Aurich Lawson Friday, January 8, 2021, marks the end of an era for American television. That’s when TV stations around the country air the final episode of Jeopardy! featuring Alex Trebek as host. Since relaunching Jeopardy! as a syndicated game show in 1984, Trebek emceed thousands of […]
Since developing epilepsy after sustaining an injury in the military, Liana Ruppert has endured four grand mal seizures. One briefly stopped her heart. But it was her most recent that generated international headlines. While playing “Cyberpunk 2077” ahead of the game’s release, Ruppert, an associate editor at Game Informer, experienced a grand mal seizure, a […]
The news is in. Eighty percent of gamers eat or drink while playing games, according to market researcher Newzoo. I could have done this survey myself, as I’m sure that 80% of us eat or drink while sitting in front of a computer or using our phones. But our broader consumption habits revealed in this […]
Enlarge Nate Anderson Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. What’s keeping me grounded in our current pandemic? Board games, for one. But I’m not reaching for the latest and the greatest at the moment; I’ve found myself reaching for shorter titles that […]
Chavez, who was among the first political reporters to notice Ocasio-Cortez’s rising tide in New York, broke the news on Twitter. And Ocasio-Cortez retweeted Chavez. Then the congresswoman from New York did the unthinkable. She opened her direct messages inbox to the public for four minutes, so any one of her 6.8 million followers could […]
An Apple employee who died after his Tesla car hit a concrete barrier was playing a video game at the time of the crash, investigators believe. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the car had been driving semi-autonomously using Tesla’s Autopilot software. Tesla instructs drivers to keep their hands on the wheel in […]
Final Fantasy XIV recently saw the release of its third expansion, Shadowbringers, which came out on July 2. Everyone seems to love it. I haven’t touched this new content, but I’m still having a great time playing the online role-playing game. That’s because I’m working on leveling my character and progressing through Final Fantasy XIV’s […]
In an unsurprising move, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is defending the practice of recruiting developers for paid exclusives. In an effort to cut into the PC gaming pie that Valve’s Steam store and launcher has dominated for years, Epic has started securing exclusive games for the Epic Games store. A conversation taking place on […]
[embedded content] Who wouldn’t want their own personal desktop robot arm to do everything from laser engraving to competing against you in a game of chess? That’s what Hexbot, a new Kickstarter project from Chinese robotics firm Hexbot Robotics, promises to deliver. Boasting a modular design, the robot arm features a wide range of different […]
Enlarge / You’ve probably caught at least one of these, right? Andrew Cunningham On August 27, 1998, Topeka, Kansas became Topikachu for one day—a ceremonial renaming to celebrate the US arrival of a new video game franchise, Pokémon. While popular previously in Japan, the franchise’s impact has been felt in the US ever since. To […]