Overview of the news of the week in the world of techno.
GetApp
What is the most reliable information on the internet, according to users? Those from a scientific source for 55% of them, followed closely by those from the government, according to a study by the GetApp site of 1,000 Canadians, including 300 Quebecers. The media takes it for its rank, being considered the most reliable by 39% of respondents, almost on par with “famous brands” at 40% and not far ahead of information “from a reputable content creator” , chosen by 33%. We also learn that 35% of Internet users use social networks rather than search engines like Google, the one considered the most reliable being YouTube.
Metroid Prime Remastered
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The primary goal of Metroid Primein 2002 as in its new remastered version, is to shoot, manage its ammunition, survive and discover its environment.
Two decades after the Metroid Prime original, here is the remastered version for Switch where we find ourselves in the shoes of the solitary bounty hunter Samus Aran who arrives in a hostile world, Tallon IV. She lands on an abandoned ship where genetic experiments with a mysterious substance called Phazon have gone wrong. The main goal, and you have to like this genre, is to shoot, manage your ammunition, survive and discover your environment. A dialogue never comes to interrupt the action of this solo game and no radio contact is established with anyone. Here we have an excellent remastered version of a game that was a pioneer in its time, with mechanics now made classic.
Artificial intelligence
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The game Naraka: Bladepointfrom the Chinese studio NetEase, offered gamers skins generated by artificial intelligence.
Studios that dream of entrusting part of the production of their video games to an artificial intelligence (AI) would do well to take a look at the Chinese experiments. The Kotaku site has listed three Chinese studios which have an antenna in Montreal, NetEase, Tencent and HoYoVerse, which had to face the revolt of the players after using AI for the graphics or the voices of certain characters. In summary, these techniques make their games feel “cheap” and “soulless” with incongruous faces and automatically generated flat voices. Not to mention the effect on very human artisans: 70% of video game illustrators have lost their jobs.