AdamPFarnsworth | Cheerful Ghost

Hilarious Chaos Unleashed: DougDoug's AI Ventures Into Pajama Sam

In one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time, YouTuber DougDoug created an AI to play through the game Pajama Sam. The original stream on Twitch was around 8 hours long, but it's been edited down here to *just* 2.5 hours lol.

I can't really put into words the insane hilarity that ensues, but here's a quality comment on the video:

AI Sam: Talks about crab secret, golden sword and Elgrim the Demon Lord, killing trees in a terrorist attack, putting communist carrots in a concentration camp and rambles about eldritch horrors in a British pirate accent while chugging an unhealthy amount of energy drinks and making creepy noises like he is possesed by a demon.
Chat: "I can fix him"

This is a long time commitment, but it's so good! I'm contemplating finding the original 8 hour version and watching all of that LOL

AI Learning Donkey Kong

This Youtuber recreates Donkey Kong, then runs uses 3 different types of AI to see how good they can be at it.

It's a fun look at different types of AI, and how each one "learns."

New Gritty Video Game Show on HBO

Turns out, Pedro Pascal was *born* to play Mario!

Blockchain Gaming!

This weekend, I played a handful of blockchain games from Levana Protocol (https://twitter.com/Levana_protocol)

Salim's Adventure is an 8-bit side scroller that took a few hours for me to get the hang of (some of the hit detection isn't perfect, so I kept running into some spikes lol). It's a fun Mario-type game where you can jump on enemies, avoid spikes, and at the end defeat a dragon ghost. If you're into side scrollers, I recommend checking it out :)

Alchemy is an ingredient combining game. To master "future space science," you need to combine ingredients to find new ingredients and keep combining them until you've mastered it all.

Arach Attack is a puzzle game, where you're attempting to find ways to kill all the spiders, and get your hero to the next level.

All three games require you to have Keplr browser extension wallet (I can help you set that up if you'd like https://www.keplr.app/), and a little bit of Juno (the cryptocurrency the games run on). I don't belive there are any crypto prizes left for playing these games, but they're still fun to experience for an afternoon. I can send you a little Juno to cover your fees, just let me know if you're interested!

In addition to these three Levana Protocol games, the game I'm looking forward to the most is Strange Clan. It's still a couple years out, but hopefully there's going to be a vertical slice demo at the end of this year, or possibly the beginning of next year. I own some of these character NFTs (each of the starting 10,000 characters are unique, but in the future there will be many more characters to buy to play, and they'll be much less expensive. The team is shooting for a price comparable to a WoW subscription), and I love the way the development team is progressing! They're also incredibly transparent, as we have calls 3 times a week on discord, and they update us on progress. Here's the latest promo video: https://twitter.com/thestrangeclan/status/1542925162332540928

4D Gaming

CodeParade, the creator of the non-Euclidean geometry game Hyperbolica (I *highly* recommend checking out his videos on that game) is now experimenting with building a game in 4D.

This video is a fun breakdown on what a 4D game could look like and talks about some of the attempts at building 4D games already.

I love thinking about higher dimensions, so this was right up my alley. Hopefully you find it interesting too!

Xbox App... This Might Get Me Back Into Gaming

https://i0.wp.com/news.xbox.com/en-us/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/WNFG_Recap_HERO-0372222a21473ac784e7.jpg

At the end of this month, Samsung Smart TVs (from 2022, not older) will have the new XBox App, and players will be able to stream games without a console!

I love Samsung TVs, but mine is a bit older (2014). The next time I buy a new TV, I will definitely stick with Samsung, and just might get a Game Pass to start playing games again!

Gaming without a console is a game-changer (no pun intended 😆)

What say you? Would you be interested in going console-less with a Smart TV?

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/06/09/whats-next-for-gaming/?ocid=Platform_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_6.9.2

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers... WHAT IS THIS?!?

Growing up, I loved Rescue Rangers, and the NES game is an absolute classic.

This movie... I don't know how to describe it, but it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun!

It's not a trailer that I would normally click ok, but I heard this was an experience, and I wasn't disappointed!

Hydro Dams Mining Cryptocurrency

A quick post from one of my coworkers retrofitting a hydro dam with crypto mining equipment. Super random, I know, but I think it's neat!

https://meadhunt.com/mining-cryptocurrency/

The Strange Clan

If you follow me on Twitter, no doubt you've seen how into cryptocurrency I've gotten. But I've withheld from talking about it in Cheerful Ghost because I didn't want to look like I was pushing something like an MLM, nor am I wanting to give financial advice lol.

But, now there's a game I can share about!

The Strange Clan is a fantasy game where players have unique NFT (non-fungible token, basically a unique digital asset that's saved "to the blockchain" to prove ownership) with which they can eventually farm, quest, explore, etc.

The game is pre-alpha currently, so there's nothing to try out yet, other than buying our characters, but the world is being built on Passage 3D (https://passage3d.com/) which is a virtual shared space, created for virtually meeting others, so eventually when the alpha goes live next year, we'll be able to start exploring.

There are thousands of unique combinations of charater/class/options/stats, so *every( character will be unique! I got a Rabbit and a Frog character, which I believe are a Mercenary and Hunter respectively.

I made this video to talk more about what The Strange Clan is, and my minting process (it's like the old school days of opening a baseball card pack to see what you got!)

https://strangeclan.com/

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 10/16/2021 at 12:27am

All of the minted characters!
https://market.passage3d.com/explore

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/16/2021 at 01:40am

Huh, this is really cool. Blockchain is one of those cool technologies and wrapping that into games seems cool.

What do you think about this?

https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/15/steam-reportedly-blocks-cryptocurrency-and-nft-games/

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 10/16/2021 at 03:59am

This looks awesome, Adam. I kind of want to mint a character, but I feel like I probably missed the window.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 10/16/2021 at 04:11am

Wow, just joined the discord and it sounds like the lowest cost per character will be $250 during the auction. Count me out.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 10/16/2021 at 07:56am

About Steam blocking NFT games, that makes sense, but I don't think it really matters. The Strange Clan will be browser based, so it doesn't need any platform to distribute the game.

Also, the crypto ecosystem is pretty active on social medias, so when new projects launch, there's enough chatter that a platform isn't needed to connect the game/project to users.

And yeah, this is spendy! I hope over time I'll gain my money back, but there definitely is a high bar to entry. The whitelist for the first Town has closed, but like you saw, there's a Dutch auction on Monday, and then in a month or two there will be another minting for Town 2 :)

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 10/30/2021 at 02:33am

The Strange Clan developers had an AMA today. Some really interesting things were said, and here's a summary 😎
https://whimsical-lightning-304.notion.site/10-29-Strange-Clan-AMA-7b2d1345d6314ad6bf12c66b3259bb55

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Hawkeye Is A Christmas Show?

I didn't expect to be excited about a Hawkeye show. I generally am not a fan of the character.

But, I *love* that this is leaning heavily into the Christmas theme! I hope the show keeps that vibe throughout!

Also, "Rogers: The Musical"? YES PLEASE

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 09/13/2021 at 05:01pm

Kinda getting Die Hard feels from this 😀

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/13/2021 at 05:21pm

Yup. Looks good.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/13/2021 at 05:34pm

Ew, I don't like Christmas. It's the most *not* wonderful time of the year, IMO. Adam's right about his Die Hard comment. I haven't dived into the Marvel comics, so I didn't know who Kate was until I played Marvel's Avengers. She also goes by "Hawkeye." I thought she was Clint's daughter, but she's simply a fan. They have an interesting relationship, though, or at least I think it's interesting. I like Kate in the game and she looks cool here, too.

I had to pause to see because the clip goes by so quickly, but I noticed a woman in red with black hair and a wine glass at a dinner table. She is Vera Farmiga and was in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. I really like her because she looks like someone I know (there's a bit more to it than that, but I'm just going to keep it simple here).

Thanks for sharing! Now I'm going to go have a Christmas barf.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 09/13/2021 at 05:51pm

Lol! Christmas is my favorite time of year, but if it's not yours, I'm really sorry about how long the season lasts!

One minor detail I saw I the trailer that's probably nothing, but in the Rogers musical, it looks like Loki is wearing a mask, and I want it to me a nod to The Mask with Jim Carrey lol

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/13/2021 at 06:05pm

Yeah, sorry to crap on your favorite time, I meant no offense to you. I guess that's part of why I didn't get into it and decided against saying what I wanted to. Funny, too, how I said your comment about Die Hard was right, but I thought Jon posted this, I later realized you did. So many details, so little I've paid attention to.

I only saw Cap in that musical, everything went by so fast. The Mask was awesome!!!! In fact, it was "smokin'!"

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/16/2021 at 03:09am

> Now I'm going to go have a Christmas barf.

After how many candy cane cookies?

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/16/2021 at 03:34am

LOL Well I do like the fruity ones.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/16/2021 at 08:25am

Oh! How could I forget! I do love Nightmare Before Christmas! Also, to be fair to Christmas, there isn't a holiday that I like.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/17/2021 at 02:35am

Greg you strike me as someone who would enjoy Halloween :)

And yeah this is interesting. Definitely not what I was expecting from Hawkeye but I'm glad the tone feels very different.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/19/2021 at 09:49pm

> Also, to be fair to Christmas, there isn't a holiday that I like.

Tonight a Ghost of Christmas past will come to visit you...

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/20/2021 at 02:54am

Well it better be a Cheerful Ghost or I'm calling the Ghostbusters!

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/20/2021 at 11:19pm

👻

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 11/25/2021 at 06:42am

Disney+ never disappoints! Go watch the two episodes they gave us, "bro."

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/25/2021 at 08:50pm

Thanks for the note. Added to my watchlist!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/09/2021 at 03:41pm

I am really enjoying this! So far the only Marvel show to not 100% connect with me was Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 12/09/2021 at 04:50pm

I've liked all these shows. I'm once again at the point where there are two episodes left and I wonder how they're going to answer all my questions. It's exciting.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 12/09/2021 at 05:30pm

I don't like the Christmas aspect of the show, but if you're curious as to why it's there, check this out (it has nothing to do with story details, so definitely no spoilers): https://www.gamespot.com/articles/so-why-is-hawkeye-a-christmas-show/1100-6498720/

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/09/2021 at 08:50pm

It should have been an april 1st story! :)

I like the christmas aspect.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 12/09/2021 at 09:38pm

It does help with the episodic timeline. There are only 6 of these and 2 more. It makes sense, because Clint is trying to get home for Christmas.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/10/2021 at 03:15am

What if he wanted to get home before April 1st so he could pull an epic prank on his wife? I think I am on to something here. 🤣

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 12/23/2021 at 01:06am

Hawkeye is the most awesome Christmas ever, along with The Nightmare Before Christmas. Despite my dislike for this holiday season, I absolutely love this show! It has mysteries, a great plot, great action, and surprises! When it comes to Disney+ (and movies for that matter), the MCU does not disappoint. Be sure to stick around for a post-credits scene, it's quite enjoyable. "I can do this all day!"

Travis Admin wrote on 12/23/2021 at 03:26am

I don’t know if I’d say Hawkeye is anywhere near my favorite Marvel series, but it absolutely has my favorite finale of any Marvel show.

Which is weird because they’ve all been so satisfying. But this one is SO satisfying. The finale is probably my favorite single episode of any Marvel TV. Well. Disney Plus Marvel TV. The whole Netflix Universe and Agents of SHIELD is something else but it looks like those lines are getting blurred