The Mystery of the Casterville Legion

@Nimgimli used AI Dungeon to make him an adventure. I wondered if I could get the same or better for free.

September 3, 2025 · 37 min · 7689 words · Tipa

AI is going to steal my job -- and I couldn't be happier

Taking an idea to reality takes just minutes, even if you don’t know one thing about programming. It’s a new world.

January 25, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Tipa

Advent of Code 2024.1:

Where is that darned elvish historian?

December 2, 2024 · 3 min · 485 words · Tipa

The Tale of Tiffany, Lord of the Ring

Story and picture were generated by AI. Prompts by me. What if a modern teenager isekai’d herself into the Lord of the Rings?

September 6, 2024 · 6 min · 1114 words · Tipa

That is not a sandworm in your driveway

Just random stuff I’ve asked ChatGPT…

April 16, 2024 · 6 min · 1169 words · Tipa

Advent of Code Day 4 -- Camp Cleanup

As well as my Day 4 solutions in Python and Java, I talk about the AI solving controversy in Advent of Code, and teach the chat bot to speak a language I just now invented.

December 4, 2022 · 5 min · 943 words · Tipa

Review: Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji

Oyebanji’s Braking Day is a refreshing take on the generation starship story that avoids many of the tropes of the genre. The novel follows trainee engineer Ravi MacLeod as he discovers that the truth about the 132 year journey to Tau Ceti is not what he has been told. Although the book has a few flaws, Oyebanji’s writing is enjoyable and makes for a quick read.

September 20, 2022 · 3 min · 565 words · Tipa

GPT-3 interviews me about Stray.

For a game where AIs rule the world, I thought it would be fun to ask an AI to interview me about my experiences playing “Stray”…

August 7, 2022 · 4 min · 765 words · Tipa

Steve, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 5th: “Steve, the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse”. This is a game where you play as Steve, the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse, who was left behind when the other four horsemen rode off to bring about the end of the world. With only your trusty steed and a few weapons, you must now ride across the country, fighting off hordes of zombies and other monsters that have taken over the world. ...

August 5, 2022 · 3 min · 561 words · Tipa

One: The Game - A Superheroic Multiplayer Experience

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 1st. “One: The Game” is an online multiplayer game where you play as one of a group of super-powered beings who must work together to stop a madman from taking over the world. The game is played in a third-person perspective, and you can choose to play as one of several different characters, each with their own unique abilities. ...

August 1, 2022 · 3 min · 537 words · Tipa