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Sid Meier's Civilization
MicroProse / Sid Meier (inferred)
“my favorite one of all time”
“Well, my favorite one of all time is Civilization. I have to say that that was the Civilization 1 and Civilization 2. My favorite games of all time.”— Demis Hassabis
MediaRecommended
The Stanley Parable
Galactic Cafe (inferred)
“a great video game I recommend people play”
“Stanley Parable is a great video game I recommend people play that kind of in a meta way mocks the illusion of choice”— Demis Hassabis
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The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Bethesda Softworks (inferred)
“one of my favorite games”
“I do like one of my favorite games of Elder Scrolls is Daggerfall. I believe that they really played with a like random generation of the dungeons.”— Demis Hassabis
BookRecommendedISBN verified
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
Nick Lane
“a great book by Nick Lane ... I think it's fantastic”
“there's a great book by Nick Lane, one of the top top experts in this area called the 10 great inventions of evolution. I think it's fantastic”— Demis Hassabis
BookRecommendedISBN verified
The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut
“a haunting and beautiful exploration of madness and genius”
“You mentioned to me the book the maniac by Benjamin Levitut ... a haunting and beautiful exploration of madness and genius”— Lex Fridman
The guest's own work
MediaBy the guest
Black & White
Lionhead Studios / Demis Hassabis
“Black and White was the game that I worked on, early stages of that that had the still probably the best AI learning AI in it.”— Demis Hassabis
MediaBy the guest
Theme Park
Bullfrog Productions / Demis Hassabis
“games like theme park that I worked on where everybody's game experience would be unique to them”— Demis Hassabis
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