A rat was suspended in a harness on top, where it could move the ball with its feet, which sensors translated into movement in the game world and mirrored it onto a curved computer monitor in front of the gaming rodents.”Īs the rat moved about on the ball, it would also then, in turn, run about in the halls and corridors of Doom II. How did Tóth teach rats to play Doom II you ask? Well, as he explains in his blog, he forged his own personal setup out of odds and ends for the sum of less than $2,000 that consisted of “ a large polystyrene ball that could be rolled in any direction via ball bearings. Tóth decided to teach rats to play 1994’s Doom II in order to better understand brain computer interfaces, and now, in an article for Futurism, he thinks it may be beneficial to take the rats onto Twitch for some livestreaming. So, while former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor Tóth didn’t have as flippant a reason to try as I suggested, last year he fulfilled that dream for some lucky rats in the name of science. Photocopiers, pregnancy tests, fridges, and balls of yarn have managed to run id Software’s classic shooter over the years (though I may have made one of those up), but what about the one who is playing Doom? Why does it always have to be us humans enjoying a good old rip and tear through hell on Earth or Mars? Surely even a rodent must dream of being Doom Guy? We live in a world where all sorts of things can play some form of the eternally badass FPS grandaddy known as Doom.
This leaves us with Resident Evil 4, which they’re planning to release on PS4 and Xbox One sometime this fall. These are essentially Game of the Year editions, the only technical improvements are the increased frame rate and added support for 1080p.
And to clarify, this is not a remaster of Resident Evil 5. If you feel like your fancy’s been struck and you have $19.99 you’re looking to get rid of, the game is now available to pre-order on Xbox. They’ve even included the No Mercy mode that was previously exclusive to PC.
That’s not going to change anytime soon, but if you’re curious about it, Capcom has consolidated all of the competitive multiplayer content in the new Mercenaries United mode. I barely touched the bad idea that was its Mercenaries multiplayer mode. This includes the story DLC Desperate Escape and Lost in Nightmares, the latter of which I highly recommend you try on its hardest difficulty, for that’s when it truly becomes nightmarish. When Resident Evil 5 returns, it’ll come with all of its previously released DLC.
That puts a week between it and the competitive multiplayer spin-off Umbrella Corps that releases a week earlier on PC and PS4. Capcom has announced a release date for the digital re-release of Resident Evil 5, which they’re bringing digitally to PS4 and Xbox One on June 28 - the same day 7 Days to Die shambles onto those two platforms - followed by a retail release on July 12. I hope you like zombie games, because June is going to be lousy with them.