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WTF?!: sidescroller WoW parody
Warning: while this review is completely Safe For Work, the subject of the review is certainly not. You should wait until you get home before trying out the game.We received quite a few tips about the new World of Warcraft homage game called WTF?! Currently offering a "demo" version, WTF?! is a side-scrolling comedy, featuring two main characters available for your control. You can play the scarlet-topped Blood Elf Priest named "Phallicity" or the rockin' Gnome Rogue named "Lumpen."The premise of the game is focused on the world of...
Dead On Second Life
This is intriguing; Dead On Second Life is an artisan project that explores the possibilities of autonomous avatars in Second Life that have been scripted to closely resemble real life famous artisans Franz Kafka, Coco Chanel, and Karl Marx. Their avatars have been made to look somewhat like their real selves, or at least to incorporate their main features. Speaking with one of them will provide dialogue that's a conglomeration of, apparently, everything the creators could find about them, including books, interviews, and letters.This seems pretty Gibsonesque in its scope and application. Given the current state of both in-game and real-world AI technology, is this even a viable experiment? If the meaning of existence is that it stops, should be we trying to extend the life of past historical figures by making them 'live' again in virtual spaces? Has anyone bumped into these entities?[Thanks, Salvatore!]
