Elon Musk, noted artificial intelligence worrywart, backs the tech firm behind a robot brain that was smart enough to take down a Dota 2 pro this week. The showdown took the form of an exhibition match staged on Friday at The International 2017, an annual esports tournament. OpenAI’s Dota 2 bot faced off in a

One of the most anticipated video game consoles of the year — the Nintendo SNES Classic Edition — comes out Sept. 29, and it’s still not available for pre-order in the U.S.  I failed to get an original NES Classic Edition before Nintendo discontinued it after only about six months. I’m not about to take

The developers of The Legend of Zelda series took a look back at some of the most popular games in the series (and the latest installment, Breath of the Wild) in July, digging into the art and inspiration behind the series.  The panel has finally been translated into English (click the closed-caption button on the

Warning: Contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 7, episode 4. Sunday night’s episode of Game of Thrones looked like it contained a reference to the classic computer game StarCraft, igniting speculation and discussion among fans of both properties about what it all could possibly mean. In the episode “Spoils of War,” Jon Snow led

From the outside looking in, Metal Gear Solid might look like just another stereotypical straight male power fantasy in video games. But that’s just for the f***ing noobs. Artist androphonos (AKA lukas) is selling custom-made t-shirts consisting of 200 forums that not only document the undeniable truth that Metal Gear Solid is possibly the most