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<p>I'm loving the fact of the recent news around what might be the
first computer game? <br>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p>I don't know how the backwater HS I went to (Douglas AZ) in the
early 70s acquired a PDP-8 but the (Chemistry) teacher who ran the
Basic programming labs used the original Teletype version of
Lunar Lander as an example of the potential. I was building
Popular Electronics prescribed video-signal injectors to add
Chiron text to a standard (NTSC) video signal and working at an AM
radio station which had an entirely relay/mechanical based
"programmable" automation system which allowed me to arrange the
"playlists" to be anywhere from entirely predictable to
pseudo-random (scrambled by the beat frequency between various
song lengths and the patchboard logic which decided with of 4
carousels of infinite loop 4-track tapes to play next. In
principle I could set up an entire hour of auto-play of music,
PSAs and commercials. This also felt like a "computer game" in
it's own way.</p>
<p>One of my first assignments in my first "computer graphics" class
was to re-implement Lunar Lander on a Tektronix storage-screen
(green-screen etch-a-sketch) (circa 1978)... vector refresh
video games were already common (asteroid and battlezone and a few
others?)... <br>
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<p>I find it very difficult to separate (predictive) simulation from
video games excepting the details of interface and seriousness of
simulation subject.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/17/24 9:09 AM, Marcus Daniels
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve never
been able to understand people that play or write video
games. There’s one game some colleagues were playing that
simulated navigating academia and becoming a PI. People
like nursing their PTSD? Ick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger
Critchlow<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 16, 2024 2:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] new directions at the michael
levin lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My older daughter knows Baba Is You, she
says it's very interesting in a tear down the boxes sort of
way.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Frank Wimberly <<a href="mailto:wimberly3@gmail.com"
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<p>Like. I have grandkids ranging in age from 3 to 27. I
wonder if I'll have great grandkids. My adult grandsons'
girlfriends think babies are "disgusting". I hope many
others in their generation feel differently.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Frank C. Wimberly<br>
140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>
Santa Fe, NM 87505<br>
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505 670-9918<br>
Santa Fe, NM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 12:59<span
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steve smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com"
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<p>This is all so apropos of my quest to provide
"elder advice" to my children (40-somethings),
nieces/nephews (30-somethings), and grandchildren
(5, 12)... I know (most) everything I
experienced/learned a half-century ago is only
marginally relevant as most of what my
parents/grandparents tried to pack me up were both
sage and ill-advised at the same time... <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I'll be passing this down a generation or two...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/16/24 9:35 AM, Roger
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interesting post on
hackernews today. Michael Levin is arguing that
a video puzzle game, Baba Is You (<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You</a>
or <a href="https://hempuli.com/baba/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://hempuli.com/baba/</a>),
is good preparation for working in his lab. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What’s cool about this
puzzle game (besides the fact that it’s
challenging and fun) is that it gets you to
break a number of mental categories and think
more continuously and fluidly about topics
relevant to the understanding of life and
mind. Among other things, it dissolves
barriers between data and algorithm, between a
cognitive system and its contents, and gets
you to think differently. People often ask me
what kind of preparation they need to join our
lab; I think I’ll put this game on that list.
It’s a good introduction to the relevant
mental flexibility, especially given our <a
href="https://drmichaellevin.org/research/newdirections.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">latest
directions</a>. Hofstadter’s incredible,
classic <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">GEB</a> is
another such.<o:p></o:p></p>
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