Blaugust

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. ...

This article is about the author’s plan to use AI to help write their blog posts for Blaugust.

I ran across this gem by accident, actually – an AI told me about it. Scene from Breaking the 4th Wall This is a point and click adventure game, That’s a genre we hardly ever see these days, past their heyday in the 80s and 90s. The last one I can think of is Disco Elysium, the excellence of which makes it a hard act to follow. Breaking the 4th Wall follows Adrian, a man paralyzed by crippling anxiety. Getting out of bed is a struggle. Just leaving his apartment is a victory. He will do anything to avoid talking to his next door neighbor. The sorts of things natural for most people, like buying a ticket for a train, become surreal efforts. ...

Each of these probably should get their own posts, but I am exceedingly lazy. Commander Rhade is finally dead for good this time. Starting off with Ogre Battle – about halfway through at about 25 hours in. The plot has a lot of twists and turns. Modern RPGs could learn a lot by looking at these old classics, and I really regret not playing this game back in the day. ...

UltrViolet writes great posts but doesn’t have any comment section on his blog. Sometimes you just have to take that extra step. I’m going to start a new feature in my blog, called “Dear @endgameviable”. It will consist entirely of comments I want to leave on his blog, but can’t. — Tipa of the South Wind (@tipadaknife) October 7, 2021 Once upon a time, I used to do respond to other people’s posts on my blog, every day – almost every day. It was fun. ...

DC Universe Online’s “House of Legends” expansion was meant to create a new game experience for both old heroes and new. It got halfway there. DCUO splits its players into two groups, and it’s not heroes vs villains. Heroes and Villains can group together now and complete the content together, and have been able to for some time. Most of the threats in DCUO now affect both hero and villain alike, and it’s probably not long before they can join together (if reluctantly) in the same super-league. It happens all the time in the comics and the cartoons. ...

I was fascinated by UltrViolet’s DevOps-ification of his blog, “Endgame Viable”. The sort of stuff he’s doing is the sort of stuff I do every day at work. I’m getting paid to get better at doing all of this stuff, but my own blog can’t take advantage? That ends today. Today, I bring my old blog, West Karana, back to life, via the magic of DevOps. One of my old banners :-) ...

It’s been a month of blog posts! Maybe a little more, since I started posting daily a little before August in order to get in the routine. How’d I do? Let’s take a look… Final Fantasy 1 and 3 playthroughs My idea for the month was just to post daily playthroughs of Final Fantasy 1. I thought these games would be longer… and I wondered if really focusing on a single game would be a good way to narrowly target my blog in a way that would make it a destination for these kinds of things. ...

I bought a new router and haven’t crashed in DCUO all night. Is everything good now? Did I fix the issue? I don’t have the slightest idea. More than that, I can’t know. Ever since the Hall of Legends update for DC Universe Online, I’ve had more or less success actually staying connected when I zone. I was on the phone with the techs at my ISP most of Saturday morning, and something they did seemed to clear it up, because I was able to play… Saturday. Sunday, no bueno. ...

I mean that literally. Since House of Legends launched, I haven’t been able to play reliably. Here’s what I’ve been able to find out. I like DCUO. I play a lot of DCUO. Steam says I’ve played 1,053 hours of it on Steam. I also have some time on the Switch, the PlayStation, and a bit more time in the non-Steam client. I never had a problem playing the game. ...