Science Uses Quake 2 to Study the Brains of Mice

[GoldenCondor]

Maybe it should have a piece of cheese dispense on a button every time an enemy is visible and in the direct path of the mouse's aim.

 

[Xan Krieger]

Question: Why did they use Quake 2 instead of Quake 4?

 

[Andy Chalk]

Answer: Because there's an open source version of the Quake 2 engine, which means they're free to do whatever they want with it.

 

[Xan Krieger]

Answer: Because there's an open source version of the Quake 2 engine, which means they're free to do whatever they want with it.

This I was unaware of, thank you for the quick answer.

 

[initialdelay]

Pretty awesome! But what would happen if you let the mouse use weapons..?

 

[Zer_]

Answer: Because there's an open source version of the Quake 2 engine, which means they're free to do whatever they want with it.

They could have used quake 3, though, but oh well that's not really what is important here. This is definitely cool though.

 

[Zenode]

Umm okay well to me the rat looked like it was just trying to get out of the head clamp and/or just trying to stay balanced, they need to refine their methods in my opinion anyway

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

Quake two, setting the world on fire in fairly unspectactualar ways since 1996

This was pretty much what I was thinking.

They should have stuck the mice around for the multiplayer, however.

 

[hansari]

The scientists use to give mice cancer. But now they are playing Quake 2?!!

The world sure is going places...