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"Mario Lives!" Project Aims to Create a Self-Aware Mario <youtube=AplG6KnOr2Q>A group of researchers manage to program Mario to take in information using natural speech voice commands for a project in artificial intelligence. The iconic video game character Mario recognizes his hunger and...

How Long Would It Take You to Play Through Your Steam Games? The pile of Steam games will just keep going on and on. The curse of the Steam [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/steam] backlog is too many games and not enough time to play them all. Before you know it, your list of...

Sid Meier Brings Us Farther into Space in Strategy Game Starships <youtube=6FsHpNiz-4M>The latest from Sid Meier builds off of Civilization: Beyond Earth. Space is the final frontier, and you'll be seeing more of it from Civilization designer Sid Meier...

Bully HD Makeover Makes Bullworth Deserving of a Revisit <youtube=C1uEzZY2t2Y>Wesley Arthur demonstrates his prop art skills for a student project and makes Bully look gorgeous. Sheffield Hallam University student Wesley Arthur has made Bully look so much better than it did when it released...

Image Comics Will Now Mail Comics to Your Doorstep Image Direct will eliminate the inconvenience of traveling to a store for anyone who has to go out of the way to pick up comics. Rat Queens [http://escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/image%20comics] and have them shipped to their door...

UK Man Arrested in Investigation of PSN and Xbox Live Holiday DDoS The UK police organized crime unit is investigating swatting and computer hacking offenses but cannot comment on whether the person arrested is a part of Lizard Squad. An 18-year-old man was arrested this morning in...

New Nintendo 3DS XL Here in Time for Valentine's Day - Update 2 I know I want a New 3DS as a Valentine's Day present. Update 2: There has been some concern over the lack of an included charger with the New 3DS XL. Nintendo of America told IGN...

Tekken Director Announces Free-to-Play Game Exclusive to Wii U Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo are working on a co-op action game exclusive to the Wii U. Speaking in yesterday's Nintendo Direct, Tekken director Bandai Namco...

Now You Can Have the Deluxe Cones of Dunshire In Your Living Room [kickstarter=152274765/the-cones-of-dunshire]Mayfair Games has started the crowdfunding campaign for the deluxe edition of Cones of Dunshire; I call Ledgerman. What started out as a joke about Cones of Dunshire...

Next Dominion Expansion is Adventurous Dominion: Adventures is the first of "occasional expansions" for the card game. the final regular expansions [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/rio%20grande%20games]; Adventures is the first of "occasional expansions." Adventures is a large...

Multiplayer Paint-Squid Game Splatoon Coming in May 2015 Nintendo gives more details about the part-squid, part-paintball game, Splatoon. Splatoon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/splatoon], Nintendo's ink shooter with cute squids, will launch in North America this May on Wii U, the...

Majora's Mask 3DS, More Hyrule Warriors Characters Arriving Feb. <youtube=s9zbxQ_fa9w>The 3DS remake of the classic Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be available the same day as a new DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors. a Skull Kid figurine [http://escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/majoras%20mask]...

New Fire Emblem Game Coming to 3DS <youtube=Pz2LJ-4DDWU>The team that made Fire Emblem: Awakening is working on the next title in the series. Nintendo announced in this morning's Nintendo Direct the next Fire Emblem: Awakening [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/fire%20emblem] team...

Get Ready for Thousands of Deadpools in a Zombie Apocalypse What's more terrifying - thousands of zombies or thousands of Deadpools? Marvel's Return of the Living Deadpool #1 will release in stores and digitally on Feb. 4 with tons of undead Deadpools. During a zombie apocalypse, in an...

Musician's Union Threatens to Expel The Banner Saga Composer Composer Austin Wintory violated American Federation of Musicians' rules by recording the score for The Banner Saga in Texas under non-union auspices. Austin Wintory [http://escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/the%20banner%20saga] may...