Researchers at the Primate Research Institute in Kyoto have been testing the limits of chimp’s self-awareness by seeing if they can play games. One aspect of the self is known as self-agency – the feeling that we each control our own actions. To see if the ability existed in chimpanzees, humanity’s
The title is emblematic of the lack of thought put into One Single Life. It’s redundant, for one. Was “Last Final Life” taken? Its two central ideas are borrowed from better sources. One Single Life is about jumping from one roof to another. While it emphasizes singular bounds over fast-paced parkou
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The Economist dives into what’s made LEGO so successful as of late. No surprise that it’s games that are making a different for the Danish company: Small wonder Lego’s profits are “extremely satisfactory”, as Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, the chief executive, put it last month. After nearly going under eig
For our Intimacy issue, writer Jason Johnson explored the world of Love Plus+ and Japanese suicide. New Hampshire Public Radio brought Jason on to talk about the issue. In 2009, the Japanese government reported more than thirty thousand suicides, though the World Health Organization puts the number
A biomedical engineering student who mods old videogame equipment has a new project: I am prototyping, designing and assembling a special cartridge called Chip Maestro which can be used in any Nintendo Entertainment System. This cartridge will accept a MIDI input from any instrument, and by passing
Mainstream videogame news can be a trial to keep up with, so here’s your cheat sheet: –Lady Gaga and Zynga, maker of Farmville, trumpet a new partnership. –Phantasy Star designer’s follow-up 7th Dragon receives a sequel. -Street Fighter motion comic dropping in August. -More Alan Wake on the way. –C