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    TerraQuest – an “online interactive game [that is] a blend between a mystery and a scavenger hunt.” Launching this fall, it looks a bit like the AI game although I found the trailer to be considerably cheesy. I don’t know how they’re going to limit the game to people over 18, either. But it has…

  • .hack

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    .hack – a Japanese “simulated MMORPG” game. What a bizarre and wonderful concept!

  • Skwerls

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    During one of our classes today, we talked about the possible causes of Parkinson’s disease. One of the lecturers mentioned that in Kentucky, researchers thought they’d found a possible link between eating squirrel brains and Parkinson’s; 12 out of 42 people they surveyed with Parkinson’s ate squirrel brains, leading them to think that perhaps Parkinson’s…

  • More on Buffy

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    On Buffy: As has been pointed out by others, everything boils down to whether it can be demonstrated that an AI-type Buffy game would be commercially viable. My opinion is that it has not been demonstrated. No games have generated a large enough audience to be commercially viable – not even the AI game (although…

  • Buffy Online

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    [Update: Read Dan’s response to this post along with my comments on his response.] There’s a bit of talk at the moment of how an AI-type game set in the Buffy universe would be a good thing. I think in general, yes, it wouldn’t be bad, but it wouldn’t be without its faults. Also, I…

  • An Evening with George Dyson

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    A review of a lecture given by George Dyson about Project Orion, America’s planned nuclear bomb-propelled spacecraft.

  • Funny Trek?

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    Continuing the Trek theme (don’t worry, it won’t last forever), here’s a list of funniest Voyager quotes. Believe me, they’re funny! Well, I think so, anyway.

  • Spiriting Stephenson Away

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    Whee! Next Thursday (24th October) Neal Stephenson, one of my favourite SF authors, will be coming to speak at Trinity College about Newton vs. Leibniz. This would be good enough news on its own, but on the same night Queens College film society will be screening Spirited Away (known in Japan as Sen to Chihiro…

  • The trials and tribulations of a DDR player

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    Why, why, why didn’t I bring my Dance Dance Revolution game to Cambridge? I foolishly thought to myself, “Adrian, surely you can survive two months without DDR, given that you’ve had your fix this summer?” and so my PSone, DDR games, dance pads and TV card remain at home while I’m DDRless in Cambridge (doesn’t…

  • High notes

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    First Words ended today on a high note with a feature article in a major Australian newspaper. We could’ve kept the competition going on for a few more days and tried for some more publicity, but I felt that it was best to finish the competition and get the results published while we still had…