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Neuroticism is optimal?
I just read this article: Neurotic software has winning personality Austrian researchers made several different AI classes (agressive, defensive, normal and neurotic) and pitted them against a real-time strategy game’s built-in AI engine. Turns out the neurotic AI was the most successful of them all In other news, Lately I’ve been watching a lot of…
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Passed Around
I finally got this pay slip in the mail, after it was passed around for several weeks in Queen’s internal mail system. I thought I’d capture it here; it represents my educational experience with shocking accuracy. The “experience” is coming to a close, and there’s really only 7 months left for me at Queen’s. This…
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Coming up this week…
In 12 hours I’m going to be getting on a flight to Vancouver. This is my final hurrah of the summer, the final tiny bit of adventure I get in before school starts up again. In Vancouver the agenda is pretty thick with Game Design and Digital Media schools to check out. I’ve got five…
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…all part of a complete writing session
Paper pad, Bic pen, a hearty stout and a patio.
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Finally, womanly slapping as a gameplay element
LINK to Rose Camellia The plot of the game follows Rose, a low-born widow of the eldest son of a noble family who was only married yesterday. She must defend her stake to the family mansion by slapping every female in her way. Fantastic! The gameplay is entirely controlled by mouse-tracing, so you literally are…
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Nelly’s Ride Wit Me
Back in Grade 11, a few friends and I innocently made a music video cover of Nelly’s Ride Wit Me. We really weren’t seeking artistic integrity at the time, just seeing what we could do with some video editing and shooting. Also, one of the guys I was working with was incredibly rich (as as…
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O-SNAP! forces me to learn
I just started applying for OSAP for the fourth year in a row. The last few years, its just been a series of clicks through all the documentation and then on to the “give me money phase” (some paraphrasing here) but it looks like this year, for each portion of the legalese, there is a…
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Bubbles!
It’s as simple as bubbles! Click on them for a gratifying popping noise.
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Daft Hands
Holy Crap! UPDATE: Oh shit! A parody! Again, hilarious UPDATE 2: Oh shit! More! I’ll never understand the relationship with some people and their pets.