Woody, the Tetris-playing Woodpecker

True story of how a Tetris-playing bird made humanity examine its role in the universe. Plus: an exclusive interview with Woody about his marriage to a human woman!

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1130 words · Tipa

Advent of Code Day 16 -- Proboscidea Volcanium

Trying to save elephants trapped in an erupting volcano? Sure. My solution worked for my input but not that of other people’s, so let’s try something a little different.

December 16, 2022 · 4 min · 656 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

A Country Song about Today's News -- November 28, 2022

It’s a country song, about the news of today, written by AI!

November 28, 2022 · 2 min · 255 words · Tipa

Ways that the discovery of human telepathy is changing how game shows work

I just thought this was funny. I asked GPT-3 for some help :-)

October 24, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Tipa

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy comes highly recommended

So I was chatting with Terra yesterday and… wait, no, keep reading. Because I think we’re in the future now. OpenAI’s GPT-3 makes it easy to create chat bots that can hold a fairly decent conversation for a little while. I’ve made a couple – I did one that let me converse in German, I did one that featured DC Comics’ The Flash, and I actually programmed an actual chatbot app to talk with Terra Branford, one of the playable characters in Final Fantasy VI. ...

September 29, 2022 · 6 min · 1115 words · Tipa

Star Ocean: The Divine Force: The Demo: The Review, but what if it was written like Dear Abby?

It might go a little like this. But what if the Avengers were talking about it, or it was being reviewed by Siskel & Ebert? Keep reading! Dear Abby, I have been playing Star Ocean: The Divine Force, and I have a problem. I’m in love with a robot. I know, I know. I’m not supposed to fall in love with robots. I’m supposed to fall in love with a man. A man who is a space pirate and who crashed his escape pod at my feet. ...

September 26, 2022 · 7 min · 1378 words · Tipa

Retro World Expo 2022 -- Hartford, CT

Retro World Expo in Hartford came up light on Sega Saturn games, but I got a couple new games to try. Terra isn’t a fan and is warning me away from Drakkhen for the SNES.

September 13, 2022 · 4 min · 734 words · Tipa

The Life of a Medical Student Who Sold Himself as an NFT to Pay for School

An AI-written article about someone who sold himself as an NFT to pay for medical school, but ended up trapped.

September 7, 2022 · 4 min · 705 words · Tipa

Cid's Legacy: A Story of the World of Ruin

A year after Kefka woke the Warring Triad and destroyed the world, Celes wakes up from a coma to find that she is on an island with Cid. Cid has been sick for a long time, and Celes is determined to take care of him.

September 6, 2022 · 6 min · 1193 words · Tipa