Recent content by Mirthen

Thanks, somehow I didn't see that link. (And totally missed this whole story) It's a bit sad that there were reporters who believed this without checking for the original rules of the turing test or prior "attempts" at passing it.

I have a strange Déjà vu. I feel like I have seen this joke a few days ago. Ah found it: http://hijinksensue.com/comic/more-human-than-human/ Did something turing test related happen?

I would love to get Offspring Fling! :) Sadly I can't give you something in return...

This might be the most intelligent and most cruel thing I have read all day. OT: this: seems to be the smartest way, even though the lure may vary.

Raistlin Majere Well you could argue, that he isn't a villain all the time... Or that this all was reverted, but still! edit: Since I don't think he is well known, he is a character in the dragonlance universe. Read Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends.

Depends on the licking-technique! Anywhere between one lick and two to the power of 1024 licks. What is the last sense a dying person is loses?

Granted, but your access to the internet will be limited to 5minutes per day! I wish I could stop procrastinating.

It is true in some way... Completely new ideas are hard to find. But first I don't think that is so bad, we build uppon good things and make them better (even though some parts in games haven't evolved to much in the last years). Second I think we will get past this. It's hard as a developer to...

I know what you mean, but I think you might misunderstand the concept. It's not, that nobody observing something (or someone actually observing something), does change what is happening. It's the question: "how can we be sure nothing is changing while we are not observing?" Since we did not...

While I agree, that adding difficulty through better/altered AI would be a good thing for many games, I have also to say: It's difficult and expensive to design a "good" AI. The AI has to feel natural (not beeing overpowered due to it beeing part of the environment/a computer), while not...

I wouldn't say I'm a conformist. I'm a nerd! (who slavishly clings to things like math and order) But to tell the truth, I would appreciate a new and funny way of ordering things. I mean this is The Escapist after all! Let's be crazy.

Well I'm a bit tired, so sorry for any spelling or grammer errors! I think the tutorial part of leveling up is just a nice sideeffect that is used by many designers, it makes sense to use this time to teach the player. At the same time though (in most mmos) you will note, that the closer you...

I think the title should be "PAX East 2013 - Game Night, Part 2 - Jeopardy!" or am I wrong? Good video, but not as good as Blankety Blank. Lets see what the third will bring!

The problem with definition by feeling is, that you can argue about the overall feel of a game. Everybody will feel something different. And as I stated: the definition is my personal interpretation of Metroidvania. Maybe I'm a bit fixated on precision. Damn right! Castlevania 'copied' the...

Yep my definition states that. And there is nothing wrong with it. My definition would also include Terraria, but exclude Minecraft. (And my first thought about Terraria wasn't 'Oh look a Metroidvania') Finding a proper definition of a term isn't easy. In August 2006 the IAU decided on a...