Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2009 - The Re-Vengeance (Read 142166 times)

superaielman · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2009, 07:56:10 AM »

He's responsible for Adventure Island? GET HIM!

hinode · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2009, 05:59:30 PM »

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24911424-5014239,00.html

"Man proposes to girlfriend by hacking Chrono Trigger video game"

metroid composite · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2009, 06:25:25 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Wcbd0dJpQ
(video) chessboxing world championship.

http://xarm.com/
(video) a sport arguably more ridiculus than chessboxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cy32PszpoA
(video) Actual IRL Quidditch World Cup. No, really.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3074/replayability_part_one_narrative.php
Interesting Gamasutra article on writing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqFUHviilQ
(video) Sega Saturn ad involving monkeys.

http://i40.tinypic.com/15wlz0n.jpg
(NSFW) Amazon book review.

superaielman · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2009, 07:45:41 PM »

http://seamassketches.blogspot.com/2008/12/you-know-youd-make-excellent-dread.html One of my favorite net artists (I've linked to his WoT stuff before) did a Dread Pirate Roberts fanart. It's about as good as you'd expect.

Grefter · « **Reply #29 on:** January 15, 2009, 02:56:23 PM »

Quote from: hinode on January 14, 2009, 05:59:30 PM

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24911424-5014239,00.html

"Man proposes to girlfriend by hacking Chrono Trigger video game"

That article shames itself with not mentioning Three Panel Soul where the artist made an entire game to propose to his wife.

Ryogo · « **Reply #30 on:** January 15, 2009, 06:52:06 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on January 15, 2009, 02:56:23 PM

Quote from: hinode on January 14, 2009, 05:59:30 PM
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24911424-5014239,00.html

"Man proposes to girlfriend by hacking Chrono Trigger video game"

That article shames itself with not mentioning Three Panel Soul where the artist made an entire game to propose to his wife.

QFT

metroid composite · « **Reply #31 on:** January 15, 2009, 11:26:22 PM »

http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-3172-Security-Check-Point/dp/B0002CYTL2/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i
Read the user comments.

http://peoplewhodeserveit.com/
"People who deserve to be punched in the face".

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172284
(video). Wii kills dog. Neighbor revives dog. o_O

http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=RB-PLUMBERS&Category_Code=RB
Mario Bros T-shirt....

Cotigo · « **Reply #32 on:** January 16, 2009, 02:59:15 AM »

That is inaccurate. Wii almost kills dog. The dog still had a pulse when the neighbour checked it. The dog was not instantly killed. Still interesting but phrasing is inaccurate.

AAA · « **Reply #33 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:10:33 AM »

http://en.akinator.com/

It's this program that plays 20 questions, where it tries to guess a person you're thinking of that's either famous or a notable fictional character. It also has a feedback system so it keeps on getting better and better. It's been eerily accurate so far, I've been playing with it for awhlie and I can count the number of times I stumped it on one hand.

superaielman · « **Reply #34 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:25:57 AM »

Stumped it two out of three times- once it didn't have the character, the other time was Moiraine.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #35 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:44:57 AM »

That thing is stupidly uncanny. It somehow got Cersei Lannister after asking if she was from my country twice, asking if she was an AI after asking if she had a son, and asking if she was blue.

Dunefar · « **Reply #36 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:56:13 AM »

This thing's been around for awhile and has steadily improved. It's much harder to stump these days than it used to be.

Obscure WW2 generals still do it, though.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #37 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:56:43 AM »

I beat it with Alex (Lunar), but it got Ash (Evil Dead) and Jack Torrance (The Shining)

I would expect it to on the last two, but they were more tests.

Sierra · « **Reply #38 on:** January 16, 2009, 04:15:49 AM »

Quote from: Dhyerwolf on January 16, 2009, 03:44:57 AM

That thing is stupidly uncanny. It somehow got Cersei Lannister after asking if she was from my country twice, asking if she was an AI after asking if she had a son, and asking if she was blue.

Clearly it needed the last question to distinguish her from Smurfette.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #39 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:05:45 AM »

Apparently if you describe Morgan Kell to him, you get Niko Bellic. I can kind of see it; they're both pretty haggard, though Niko doesn't look like Frank Zappa.

People it can nail square-on: John Sheridan, Julius Caesar, Varian Wrynn. Also, holy crap, they got Bolvar Fordragon, which I did not see coming.

hinode · « **Reply #40 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:34:16 AM »

The success rate with anime is disturbingly good, even with obscurish or off-the-beaten-path characters like Dianna Soriel and Bonta-kun. On the other hand it fails badly with semi-obscure videogame characters.

It seems to have a particular good rate with swordgirls, and a better one with winged characters. Setsuna from Negima took only 12 questions to pin down, due to being both.

Grefter · « **Reply #41 on:** January 16, 2009, 08:13:04 AM »

Shock, it gets Anime and MMO characters. Those fanbases aren't just a little overrepresented by the OCD population at all.

Captain K. · « **Reply #42 on:** January 16, 2009, 02:48:52 PM »

Took me forever to train it to even halfway recognize Adray. The hair color throws it for a loop.

Strago · « **Reply #43 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:29:37 PM »

Stumped it utterly with Colonel Tigh from Battlestar -- thought it was Mal Reynolds (20 q's), Kryten (30), and some old wank from Stargate (40). Way to insult my intelligence on that last guess, internet game, although at least by the last one it had figured out he was old. Anyway, websites just have no taste these days. It also failed to identify Davos Seaworth, guessing Thorgal. Who? I attempted Wolfgang Grimmer, of Monster, and the game gave me... Jonathan Joestar? After 30 questions it guessed November 11, from something called Darker than Black, which seems at least to be more stylistically similar.

It (surprisingly, given how off-base it was for most of the questions) got Desmond from Lost successfully.

These sorts of games are fun, but I've played ones with a more impressive rate of success. Then again, I guess my taste just doesn't intersect that much with most of the players.

Strago · « **Reply #44 on:** January 16, 2009, 03:39:18 PM »

Trying to get it to recognize Colonel Tigh more consistently. Its most recent guess: Jim Raynor. Heh.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #45 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:15:46 PM »

Quote from: Captain K. on January 16, 2009, 02:48:52 PM

Took me forever to train it to even halfway recognize Adray. The hair color throws it for a loop.

I had a similar time with Aika, though it was kind of fun.

I tried a bunch of DL characters for fun, but the only ones it managed on the first try were Asellus (!) and Isaac.

Apparently it gets too confused by how similar RPG female mages are, as it just can't distinguish between Lucia, Lenneth, and Lufia. I wonder why... >.>;;

-Djinn

Bardiche · « **Reply #46 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:21:46 PM »

I tried to make it know Guy ages ago. :'D The times I've had to tell him he was wrong...

Talaysen · « **Reply #47 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:09:11 PM »

Quote from: DjinnAndTonic on January 16, 2009, 06:15:46 PM

Apparently it gets too confused by how similar RPG female mages are, as it just can't distinguish between Lucia, Lenneth, and Lufia. I wonder why... >.>;;

Lenneth is a mage?

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #48 on:** January 16, 2009, 11:08:57 PM »

Well, I'd answer Yes to the "has magical powers" question, so in that sense she is. I'd answer no to the "is a sorcerer or witch" question, though.

Anyway, I've stumped him with most RPG characters that aren't either mains or from Final Fantasy. Apparently he's really good at anime. Generally he's reaally good at getting people who stand out in some way; he's easy to confuzzle by choosing someone from a larger group, e.g. I couldn't get him to guess a hockey player besides Sidney Crosby or Wayne Gretzky, couldn't get him to guess Fire Emblem characters besides lords (and not even FE8 lords <.<) and the Black Knight.

Some of his questions for narrowing things down are rather clever, though.

Lance · « **Reply #49 on:** January 16, 2009, 11:10:46 PM »

This is unbelievably addictive.

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Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links 2009 - The Re-Vengeance (Read 142166 times)

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