We’re at a time when artificial intelligence is not only mimicking human behavior but surpassing it. The common story now is one of a previously human-exclusive activity—usually labor or a sport—being performed better by a machine programmed to perfect it. That’s why it might feel like we’re on the
At this point, everyone knows the story of Flappy Bird. How could you not? But the question that remained is: Why? Was it nervous breakdown? Political pressure? Twitter death-threats? Severe chastisement from old women who don’t much care for videogames? Rolling Stone has tracked down the shy, home
The reaction and the reaction to the reaction to Flappy Bird continues to mystify. But what we should really care about are games, not online circuses. Right? So, let’s talk games. It just so happens Dong Nguyen has made a few more of those, two of which are still available for free on iTunes: Shuri