Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower

沙丘盗贼:沙特是视频游戏超级大国

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2025-10-10

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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is a huge video-game fan. Now his hobby is becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry for the kingdom, which is acquiring some of the world’s biggest gaming firms. How Finnish icebreakers became a focus for polar power politics. And the NBA plays its first basketball game on Chinese soil in six years. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Rapid advances in artificial intelligence,

  • quantum computing and other areas of technology are transforming our world.

  • How can technology be made sustainable and responsible?

  • Progress 2030, a new global initiative from Economist Impact,

  • examines how technology can redefine how we work, live and thrive.

  • Visit impact.economist.com slash progress 2030 to learn more.

  • The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm your host, Rosie Bloor.

  • Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Given its location,

  • it's pretty obvious why Finland has carved out a niche in designing and building icebreakers.

  • But as competition for the Arctic grows, so does demand for these ships.

  • Snow joke.

  • And in 2019, a star basketball player wrote a tweet that annoyed the Chinese Communist Party.

  • The result was that the entire league was banned from China.

  • Tonight, for the first time in six years, an NBA game is finally being played on Chinese soil again.

  • First up, though.

  • In 1983, a small team published a series of groundbreaking video games, including Archon,

  • The Light and the Dark, a combat game that's a bit like chess.

  • Over 40 years later,