A simulated fruit fly nervous system is being put through some very unusual gaming experiments. Developers have used the digital brain to control characters in games including Minecraft and Beat Saber, before one project gave the virtual insect a far more peaceful destination - a virtual world filled with fruit. Despite how it sounds, no real brain has been uploaded into a computer. The experiments are based on the MaleCNS connectome, a detailed digital map of an adult male fruit fly’s brain and