Thomas Anderson – otherwise known as Neo – is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake itself and walk past a doorway. Then the moment seems to replay before his eyes. Just a touch ...

The best simulation games give us - regular people - the chance to do things we wouldn't usually get the chance to do. Sometimes, these are extraordinary, highly specialized activities, and sometimes ...

From ancient Greek philosopher Plato to Neo, hero of the dystopian film fantasy The Matrix, humans have long pondered the true nature of reality. Can we trust what we see, taste, touch, smell, and ...

Build an empire, pilot a jumbo jet, or try your hand at industrial power-washing with these engrossing sim and sandbox games. In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a freelancer. That blossomed into a ...

There's a vast world of PC games that let you tackle the mundane in creative and surprisingly enjoyable ways. Build a PC, run a pizza shop, or become a bee with these strange and wondrous titles. In ...

The interplay of non-Hermitian physics and open quantum dynamics has been fruitful in ultracold atoms. Expanding on previous demonstrations of controlled dissipation, the authors demonstrate here gain ...

David Harper is the CEO and founder of Bionic Turtle. He is also a published author with a popular YouTube channel on expert finance topics. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an ...

There's an addictive quality to a government game that's unlike the rush you get from shooters or RPGs, although the escapism is no less real. Whether you're setting economic and trade policies, ...

Abstract: A finite-element (FE) model of human skin is proposed for future use in an interactive real-time surgical simulation to teach surgeons procedures, such as facial reconstruction using ...

Abstract: Computer architecture simulators play an important role in advancing computer architecture research. With wider research directions and the increased number of simulators that have been ...

The best simulation games offer a momentary reprieve from the stresses and strains of real life -- sometimes offering the stresses and strains of a virtual life instead. The last few years have been ...

CARLA is an open-source simulator for autonomous driving research. CARLA has been developed from the ground up to support development, training, and validation of autonomous driving systems. In ...