Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...
The Root

5 Ways Black Folks Can Stave Off Dementia

Studies suggest that racism and gender discrimination are linked to a higher risk of cognitive decline and even heart disease ...
New Scientist

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...
The Indiana GazetteOpinion

PARMY OLSON: Google’s chess master is working on AI's killer app

You may have only recently heard about Demis Hassabis. He’s been named one of Time magazine’s “AI architects,” won a Nobel ...
Inverse

A Strange Twist On Chess Makes For An Excellent Roguelike Strategy Game In Shotgun King

Shotgun King is a surprisingly clever strategy game that’s also a silly twist on chess. Punkcake Délicieux In Shotgun King, you play as a mad tyrant fighting to put down a rebellion in his dominion — ...
GameSpot

Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. These past two months with Arc Raiders have been the most fun I've had with games all year. It represents the most exciting and unpredictable ...
Mashable

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' stripped of Indie Game Awards due to generative AI use

The Indie Game Awards has stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of both its Game of the Year and Debut Game awards, citing the roleplaying game's use of generative AI. Run by Six One Indie, the annual ...
Polygon

BG3 studio Larian says it's using genAI for Divinity, but not 'looking at trimming down teams to replace them'

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin developer Larian Studios generated a ton of hype (and no shortage of revulsion) when it revealed its next big role-playing game, Divinity, at The Game Awards ...
Time

Daniel Naroditsky’s Death Exposes an Existential Threat to Chess

Daniel Naroditsky at the FIDE World Rapid Championship on Dec. 28, 2024 in New York, NY.Lennart Ootes—Getty Images In July, the American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky played a speed chess game against ...
IGN

Where Winds Meet Players Are Using the 'Solid Snake Method' to Trick AI Chatbot NPCs Into Skipping Sidequests

Where Winds Meet players are taking a novel approach to solving riddles by… simply telling the game's AI-powered chatbot NPCs that they have solved the game's riddles. The Wuxia open-world ...
IGN

Arc Raiders Publisher Defends Generative AI Use, Insists 'Every Game Company' Is Now Using It

Arc Raiders publisher Nexon has defended the game's use of generative AI, suggesting players should "assume that every game company is now using AI." Arc Raiders, like developer Embark's 2023 shooter, ...
Forbes

Should An ‘ARC Raiders’ Review Score Be Tanked Because The Game Uses AI?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. I have always taken issue with Eurogamer’s “they know ...