Ludus Novus » ELIZA http://ludusnovus.net The Art of Interaction Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:16:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=7379 2006-2008 Gregory.Weir@gmail.com (Gregory Weir) Gregory.Weir@gmail.com (Gregory Weir) posts 1440 http://ludusnovus.net/images/ludusnovusblog.jpg Ludus Novus » ELIZA http://ludusnovus.net 144 144 The Art of Interaction ludology, games, game design, rpgs, interactive fiction, video game theory, interactive art, interactive entertainment Gregory Weir Gregory Weir Gregory.Weir@gmail.com no no Ludus Novus 010: ELIZA Is Dead http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/ http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:37:48 +0000 Gregory Weir http://ludusnovus.net/2008/03/13/ludus-novus-010-eliza-is-dead/ Is the illusion of player agency as good as real player agency? Isn’t a video game just a simulated game master? Is the Chinese Room a good game? If the author is dead, what about the algorithm?

The music for this episode is “The Acorns. Seedin Time in The Oak Room.” by Loveshadow, and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license.

References:

  • John Searle’s Chinese room
  • ELIZA
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