Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 02:08:18 12/03/98
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Dear Larry and other CCC members, Remember Boris the chess computer that scrolled out phrases or the Fidelity talking chess computers? Imagine a computer that screamed obscenities or begged for mercy when you were winning or laughed sarcastically when you made a boner. I have some simple strategy games like Othello that I have substituted the wav. files on that are hilarious. The one that I really like is the voice of the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz, shrilly crying "I'm melting, .....melting.(with the sizzle of water on a hot plate) The contrast is a sultry woman laughing at me. When I make a mistake a little girls voice comes on saying, " You made a boo boo" This is very similar to the Battle Chess program. I think that most of us are really violent and use chess as an escape valve. That is why games like "Quake" and "Duke Nukem" are so popular. As the computers become more potent and the OS more sophisticated ie. 64 bit systems coming out next year, we shall have both strong programs and human-like interaction. If it becomes too human like it could possibly, as you say, drive us more mad. Then again, I would love having Helen Hunt as a virtual opponent speaking softly to me. What would our wives/girlfriends think????
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