Creative Bloq on MSN

The most human game I've seen this year looks like it was made in MS Paint

Compared to the smooth hand-drawn animation that's popular in modern indie games, the low-res 2D visuals in Perfect Tides: ...
The Game Theorists on MSN

The Best Way to Introduce Someone to Video Games

Teaching someone to play video games for the first time can be overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. In this video, we walk you through how to introduce gaming to beginners step-by-step. From ...

Microsoft Outlook is getting an AI overhaul under new leaders

Outlook won’t simply bolt on AI but rebuild around it.

Japanese Teacher Introduces Terrifying New Way For Students to Learn English — Playing Hideo Kojima's P.T. Demo

A language teacher in a Japanese secondary school has introduced a novel — if horrifying — new way to teach students English: ...
BMJ Open

Randomised controlled trial of VR-based observation meditation with AI coaching (‘Otti’) for stress reduction in university students in the United States: study protocol

Introduction Stress is a major health issue in contemporary society, and mindfulness-based approaches reduce stress and anxiety but face practical barriers to consistent practice; this protocol ...

Microsoft resurrects Clippy in Copilot, presumably because it's intrusive, doesn't understand context, and is god damn annoying

Microsoft has just released the Fall update for Copilot, the suite of AI tools that Redmond is determined to force-feed us all, and part of this is a whole lot of hot air about th ...