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‘Progressive’ AI dialog tools are a Trojan horse

Game Daily

Human writers enter details of an NPC’s roles, personality, and parameters. Ubisoft’s video demo of Ghostwriter makes the tool seem useful enough. Nor, for that matter, are these products guaranteed to make the games themselves any better.

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? Localization.

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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

However the sudden and convenient conclusion (replete with sugary Patrick Wolf soundtrack) didn't work for me, an obvious pushback against Brokeback and other dour artsy post-Brokeback cinematic gay dramas like A Single Man (2009), Weekend (2011), and Keep The Lights On (2012). Sometimes people have sex with someone they don't like.

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