February 17, 2004
» Computers play computer games: Sims play SimCity; a chatbot plays Star Wars Galaxies
Sims: It was bound to happen. First there was SimCity. Then there was The Sims. And then came a series of highly successful expansion packs like Hot Date, Livin' Large, House Party and others.
Now comes a fan-made plug-in that allows Sims characters to effectively play SimCity inside The Sims. The Sims franchise has gone meta.
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Star Wars: The Autocamp 2000 talks to other players with following rules:
- If someone says something ending in a question mark, respond by saying "Dude?"
- If someone says something ending in an exclamation point, respond by saying "Dude!"
- If someone says something ending with a period, respond by randomly saying one of three things: "Okie," "Sure," or "Right on."
- EXCEPTION: If someone says something directly to you by mentioning your name, respond by saying "Lag."
- (And remember to accept all trade requests from other players by giving them a melon.)
