Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Ingmar Reidel-Kruse runs a biophysics lab at Stanford University, but he spends about half his time tinkering with videogames. He's not playing World of Warcraft. Reidel-Kruse creates his own videogames using living microbes.

For our full story on microbial videogames, visit: studio360.org/2011/jun/17/microbial-videogames