{"rewrite":{"id":"r_825f5c038c674c1fcddf1ba6","clusterId":"c_a62e351ce1c8a45f2977a444","slug":"ken-kutaragi-tells-uec-students-to-never-lose-their-curiosity","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ken Kutaragi Tells UEC Students to Never Lose Their Curiosity","summary":"The University of Electro-Communications held an opening ceremony on September 29 for CEREC, a research and education center built around games. Ken Kutaragi, who led development of the original PlayStation and is now a special visiting professor at UEC, joined UEC president Masakazu Muramatsu for a panel discussion and told young people who will make games to never lose their curiosity.","whyItMatters":"A center that treats game production as cross-disciplinary research, opened with the PlayStation's lead architect on stage, gives UEC a formal pipeline from student projects to industry, at a time when the people who built the current console generation are being asked to hand the craft to the next one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe University of Electro-Communications opened CEREC, a research and education hub centered on games, with a ceremony on September 29. Associate Professor Takuya Nojima, the center\u0026#39;s director, said its keyword is the ability to see a vision of moving people through to completion: not stopping at thinking about entertainment that moves people, but finishing it as a work.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCEREC divides its education into Learn, Make, and Show. Students take corporate-collaboration project-based learning, including a three-day game build held in August, and four student works were exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Ken Kutaragi, who led development of the original PlayStation, took the stage with UEC president Masakazu Muramatsu for a panel discussion.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ken Kutaragi's new UEC post keeps him inside an institution building game research, not a company building consoles. The message to students is curiosity; the structure now funds it.","twitterPost":"Ken Kutaragi now teaches at UEC while CEREC builds game research there. The curiosity line lands differently when the school supplies the lab.","threadsPost":"Ken Kutaragi is a special visiting professor at UEC, and CEREC opened there on September 29 as a games research and education center. Telling students to keep their curiosity matters more when the institution, not a platform holder, is the one paying for the room where that curiosity gets tested.","newsletterBlurb":"The University of Electro-Communications has established CEREC, a research and education center organized around games, and marked it with a September 29 opening ceremony. Associate Professor Takuya Nojima, the director, described an education split into Learn, Make, and Show, including a three-day game build with a company in August and four student works exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Ken Kutaragi, who led the original PlayStation's development, spoke on a panel with UEC president Masakazu Muramatsu and told young people who will make games to never lose their curiosity.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/2609183i\",\"title\":\"\\\"Father of PlayStation\\\" Ken Kutaragi Takes the Stage, Tells Young People Who Will Make Games to \\\"Never Lose Your Curiosity.\\\" CEREC, a Game-Centered Research and Education Hub, Established at UEC\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4611,"outputTokens":708,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791199762,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T11:24:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T11:28:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:28:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a62e351ce1c8a45f2977a444","canonicalTitle":"“PlayStationの父”久夛良木健氏“が登壇、これからゲームを作る若い世代に「好奇心を絶やさない」ことを語る。ゲームを中心とした研究教育拠点・CERECが電通大にて設立","representativeArticleId":"a_36c588750c0c2c0c2ede900c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"PlayStation\"],\"studios\":[\"Sony\",\"Sony Computer Entertainment\"],\"people\":[\"Ken Kutaragi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T09:14:46.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T09:14:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/2609183i","title":"“PlayStationの父”久夛良木健氏“が登壇、これからゲームを作る若い世代に「好奇心を絶やさない」ことを語る。ゲームを中心とした研究教育拠点・CERECが電通大にて設立"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["PlayStation"],"studios":["Sony","Sony Computer Entertainment"],"people":["Ken Kutaragi"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}