By enhancing ourselves with technology, do we throw away a part of our humanity? That's the question at the heart of a new video game, Deus Ex: Human revolution.
Set in 2027, in the game you play Adam Jensen, a moody, gravelly-voiced security agent for a fictional company that makes technological augmentations for the mind and body - for those who can afford them. Injured at the start, Jensen is augmented with all sorts of mean hardware: it's the only way to save his life, but it's against his will. Set in a vast world where the moral choices you make influence the next steps in the story, the game is part role-play, part shooter.
To root the game in reality, designers recruited scientific advisers such as Will Rossellini from the Dallas, Texas-based company Microtransponder, which makes wireless electronics that can be implanted in the body to treat pain and other medical conditions.
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