US Army To Use MMOs For Turing Tests2009-08-29 00:00:00Massively points out an article about new research projects for the US Army. One of the projects will evidently involve testing their AI capabilities in popular MMOs, including World of Warcraft and EVE Online."They're working on creating 'photorealistic looking and acting human beings' that can think on their own, ha...
Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 40-31 2009-08-15 00:00:00The Top 50 continues! Check out 50-41 from yesterday, and look out for the next three parts over the next three days.40. Saints Row 2
THQ / Volition / PS3, Xbox 360
Oli Welsh: I didn't play it, but I enjoyed the vitriolic, polarised debate around Saints Row 2 very much, especially when Grand Theft Auto IV was brought up - if only to hear Rockstar fans arguing for GTA's moral sophistication and character depth.
Kristan Reed: Top of the list of games I haven't got around to playing yet. I was one of the few to stand up for the hilariously depraved original, so I'm very much looking forward to giving this some airtime over Christmas, yo.
Alec Meer: I only came to this recently and well, wow. It's GTA IV with the brakes off - no delusions of grandeur, none of the pointless early-game restrictions and turgidly similar/over-difficult missions Rockstar won't fix, and the most laughing I've done in a GTA-like since Vice City. It's also astonishingly crass, occasionally g...
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