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Friday, December 05, 2025

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The Strange And Hopefully Fun Future Of AI NPCs – Is Gaming Getting Interactive?
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The Strange And Hopefully Fun Future Of AI NPCs – Is Gaming Getting Interactive?

ward 26/09/2025

I love computer games and am cautiously optimistic about the upcoming inevitability of AI NPCs and AI stories. But there will be weirdness and ethical quandaries by pixel-load over the … Read More

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From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures
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From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures

ward 10/12/2024

AI is so damned useful that I am overwhelmed and am still thinking of ways to use it. You can probably tell that I don’t use for writing by looking … Read More

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The Gaming Industry is going in the wrong direction, but it isn’t too late
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The Gaming Industry is going in the wrong direction, but it isn’t too late

ward 06/04/2024

I’ve been playing whatever the gaming industry has put out since Asteroid and Galaga and the Atari console came out. I bloody love games. In some respects, games are better … Read More

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Playstation PS5 – Congratulations, you’ve been selected
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Playstation PS5 – Congratulations, you’ve been selected

ward 15/06/2022

I got a PS5 recently, after having held out against scalpers for a year. The way I got one was down to luck – but I almost thought it was … Read More

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Mythic Quest Raven’s Banquet

ward 29/07/2021

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet was the first show I watched when I got Apple TV+. I wasn’t all that bothered about Apple TV but you get a free year when … Read More

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One aspect of Last of Us rekindled my love of games

ward 28/07/2020

I replayed The Last of Us a few days ago and after a month of no games and concern I was going off the medium, I was suddenly back in … Read More

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Can a gamer suddenly get bored with games?

ward 04/06/2020

A weird thing happened to me recently. I got bored playing a game on my Playstation. This happens occasionally but even so, I normally try and get an hour or … Read More

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Why I won’t be buying the next gen consoles

ward 23/02/2013

Consoles were great multimedia gaming devices and my PC was for toil or writing superb website entries. Recently however, this seems to be changing and it is a change that will be permanent and the end of consoles.

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