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Entries from May 2013
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And now, May (31 May 2013 at 00:11)
Hello! These days I don't post that often to this here Radar, though I do like to make sure I hit the once-a-month minimum. My attention sort of drifts from venue to venue and currently it is on Twitter. But anyway, some summer summaries:

My SIGBOVIK paper about a simple general NES AI, foretold in a recent post, had an accompanying video that became quite popular, getting almost half a million views. At about 16 minutes, that's over 15 years of people-time spent watching that thing, which is still weird to think about. It spawned a bunch of press, of varying quality and accuracy. The New Yorker article is good, and it appears in such unlikely sources as Chemical & Engineering News. Some of it hilariously misses the point. I've been working on follow-ups to the NES work, specifically video collecting a bunch more games and some more interesting visualizations of what's going on during the playing process. But now I'm kinda a perfectionist about it so don't hold your breath.


For Object Jam we put together a game that also sort of misses the point. It was a real-things adventure game starring several magnetic tetrahedra called "Tetraheroes". In practicing my video editing skillz I put together this rapidly-cut movie of the one and only playthrough which is kind of like the world's longest Vine.


I went to Japan! It was really interesting and fun and I recommend it. At some point maybe I'll get to my massive backlog of photos and write some stories down, since there were some good ones, but I've sort of realized that taking photos is more fun than retouching and posting them. For me the highlights: Hiroshima, which was a nice fun city with the looming spectre of the Atom Bomb, and it was a very powerful and moving experience to actually be there. Tokyo, which is just an amazing place that we could easily have spent the whole two weeks exploring just that. Hanging out with natives, which we only did at the very end, but it was perfect to see the real culture and I beat one of the guys in an inebriated Street Fighter IV match and learned enough Japanese to invent a few jokes that worked on drunk people.


I became a member at the new TechShop in Pittsburgh, which is kind of like a gym but instead of exercise machines they have power tools. I've been taking classes and I have a few projects in mind, which for sure I will share here if I succeed at them. So far my favorite tool is of course the Flow waterjet cutter, which is basically a computer-controlled Super Soaker that can cut through several inches of plate steel no big deal.


Up next is a trip to Denver for a wedding; I'll be in the woods but I am looking forward to extending my GPS trail collection of places in the world where I've run ("3D World Runner"). Among other things like hanging out with my good friends, you know.
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Entries from April 2013
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Ludum Dare 26: Dragon Drop! (29 Apr 2013 at 12:07)
As usual, I participated in Ludum Dare, the internet's favorite 48 hour video game programming competition. This time's theme was Minimalism and my game is called Dragon Drop.

Click to play Dragon Drop!
Click to play Dragon Drop!


Mild hint: Every game can be won. There's more (or less) than there looks, should you think of dismissing it.

Play Dragon Drop!
Categories:  video games  ludum dare (15 comments — 7 years ago)   [ comment ]
Entries from March 2013
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Japan adventure time!! (21 Mar 2013 at 10:20)
Hello! Today I am starting my first real on-purpose vacation ever, a 2.5 week trip to Japan. I've traveled a lot for conferences and work and weddings and stuff, but never really Just Cuz. So that is cool. I probably won't really have Internet or phone, but it's not like I update this thing more than once a month anyway.

I'm going to be gone for SIGBOVIK this year, but I did spend about 4 months on a secret project which I'm eager to show off! I recorded a video explanation and demo for the conference which I'll post here once it passes and I can find Internet. Or go to the conference if you're in Pittsburgh... It's always a good time!

- トム7はさようなら日本に行く
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Entries from February 2013
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SIGBOVIK 2013! (28 Feb 2013 at 19:42)
SIGBOVIK 2013, the world's most prestigious computer science conference, is coming up. I've been participating since the beginning in this superb lampooning of academia and whatever. This year I have a few silly/serious papers and a masterwork that I've put about 12 weekends into and which is truly too advanced for any other publication venue. In my humble opinion. Fact. But we can always use more submissions, and we welcome them from anywhere in the world on any topic, even if you can't attend. You've got a few more decoy deadlines left. So let's do!
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Entries from January 2013
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New T7ES: If you antietam, join 'em (06 Jan 2013 at 15:13)
Tom 7 Entertainment System - If you antietam, join 'em
Tom 7 Entertainment System - If you antietam, join 'em


One fresh spanking new Tom 7 Entertainment System chipdude: If you antietam, join 'em. I set off to create something atmospheric but I definitely have a problem with restraint, so eventually it becomes a staccato arpeggio jam as usual. I hope you enjoy it.
Categories:  mp3  t7es (10 comments — 11 years ago)   [ comment ]
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