From the monthly archives: July 2006

The Pac-Man strategy guide

By On 17/07/2006 ·

Didn’t succeed in wasting your childhood in the arcades? Despair not, but check out KiLLerCloWn’s Pac-Man Guide in HTML or 27-page PDF.

And always remember:

“What you have to learn first is cornering. yes, there are differences in how quickly you corner and every [...]

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Today's motivational

By On 07/07/2006 ·

Pascal Boyer, in his Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
notes (loosely rephrased) that there are questions which, to appreciate their importance, require years of dedicated study. A good point, I think.

(The context is Boyer wondering about how we are able to move our limbs by willing them to [...]

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What’s your take?

By On 03/07/2006 ·

I have a puzzling result of my study. Do you have a suggestion for an interpretation?

I am testing the effectiveness of a “rational agent” model in explaining player behaviour. In other words, do players actually adopt the game goals as their own?

It turns out that

- YES: In terms of the [...]

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