This family challenge introduces a simple game using battery caps to test precision and quick thinking. Players take turns trying to complete the challenge while others watch the outcome. The simple ...

What just happened? 3D printing has become very good at making shapes, but making complex machines with moving parts is where most printers tap out. MIT researchers, however, have developed a ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new approach to home construction that could one day replace traditional wood framing with structural components made from ...

The designers at Lightspark write: Humans can’t reliably recall colors. This is a simple game to see how good (or bad) you are at it. Dialed shows you a color for 5 seconds, then asks you to recreate ...

Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. (Charles Krupa/AP) MIT has cut ties with a national nonprofit focused on ...

Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store.

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...

TL;DR: Unity's upgraded AI, launching in beta at GDC, enables developers to create full casual games using natural language prompts without coding. Leveraging advanced models from OpenAI and Meta, ...

An indie game where players assume the role of a sperm as they compete in life’s greatest battle royale has gone viral, and players will be able to rejoin the competitive race in 2026. Become (yes, ...

As with all creative industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been infiltrating video games. Now, generative AI is being used to produce game assets and speed up development. This is ...