From the dawn of European civilization to the twentieth century, the automaton--better known today as the robot--has captured the Western imagination and provided a vital lens into the nature of ...

There was a moment back in my childhood that it struck me... here's this thing that's real but features an imaginary zone. You can step into it and you can be touched by it. Here's this thing that, ...

Game Dev Machine is a cool side mission you can unlock during your second run of NieR: Automata. After defeating Beauvoir in the Amusement Park, you can head down to the basement and talk to a machine ...

Long before the concept of A.I., as we know it today existed, humans started building machines that seemed to move and even think by a will of their own. For decades we have been building automatons, ...

Big, boisterous cannons. Pivoting mechanical joints. Sockets that can pop in and out advanced weaponry, oversized guns, and titanium katanas. These are the blood and guts of NieR: Automata’s ...