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The Most Realistic Video Games Yet

Console videogames move beyond mere fancy graphics to lifelike physics, characters and controls
By Scott Steinberg Posted 10.28.2008 at 12:45 pm 7 Comments

Games are beginning to exploit the computational muscle of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to generate characters and environments that follow the rules of reality, not just preset sequences.

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