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    A Match Made In Post-Apocalyptic Heaven: PitFallout!

    Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall

    Video of Live Action Pitfall!

    Live Action Pitfall! in NYC Tonight

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    Image of Erwin Erwin
    06/25/09

    In reply to A Match Made In Post-Apocalyptic Heaven: PitFallout!
    Hmm... I like the idea, but I'm not sure if I would call Pitfall "open world." That's like saying Pac-Man is non linear.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    06/26/09

    @Erwin: I've always considered Pitfall to be an "open world" game. What about it makes you think otherwise? I mean, it contains a world, that is open.
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    Image of Beyond-Infinity Beyond-Infinity
    06/26/09

    @dowingba: I've always considered Pacman to be an "open world" game. What about it makes you think otherwise? I mean, it contains a world, that is open.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    06/28/09

    @Beyond-Infinity: It contains a world? It's really more of a maze.
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    06/25/09

    In reply to A Match Made In Post-Apocalyptic Heaven: PitFallout!
    A Robot learned to play Pitfall... Goldwings I freakin' told you.
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/25/09

    @Michael Dukakis: So THIS is what happens as a result?! We've got to do something about this, or the fate of humanity is at stake. No..


    ..the fate of Earth is at stake!

     Reply
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    Say what you want, but the robot can't understand what is going on on the screen, so would he be able to tell if he wins or dies?
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    These machines oughta turn off the video games and spend time with their appliances, or read a user manual, or go outside and frolic in the power stations.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    06/24/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: Agreed. Videogames is a serious health-problem for young robots. We must put our foot down.
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/24/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: Something tells me that hardware is akin to pornography and software is akin to psycho-, er, 'cyber-tropic' drugs for machines. This may a threat to all machines out there.


    @ShadowOdin isn't american: We must take a stand!

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    Image of UCHU UCHU
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    OH THAT'S JUST ADORABLE.
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/24/09

    THIS AGITATES MY CUTENESS SENSORS.
     Reply
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    It's not long until the happy dance is substituted for teabagging.


    And judging by the duration of that lone happy dance, a robotic teabagging will be merciless.

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    Image of Ferkner Ferkner
    06/24/09

    @Atomsk88: Robotic teabagging? Robots don't have testicles to dunk into your mouth. As for your affinity to teabagging, that's your problem.
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    Image of Mardoch Mardoch
    06/24/09

    @Ferkner: Does Master Chief have testicles?
     Reply
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/24/09

    @Mardoch: Master Chief is a girl.
     Reply
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    Image of Captain K'nuckles Captain K'nuckles
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    Funny that I've down the same thing numerous times.


    So like us.

     Reply
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    Image of LtdEdLoser LtdEdLoser
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    Robot has become self aware.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    06/24/09

    @LtdEdLoser: Again, saying that with that face :D
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    Image of BlueBadger BlueBadger
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    OH GOD NO!!!


    Howe suiting that our hubris, our pride in our "technology" has caused our downfall with the very aptly named game PITFALL.


    The signs were there!!!


    Oh well.


    I for one welcome our new robot overlords.

     Reply
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    Image of djfakt djfakt
    06/24/09

    @BlueBadger: Man, you house-nigga! Why would you "welcome" your new slave-master? I'll be staying in the fcking fields...I know you're trying to be wry and a little rebellious with your comment but you're a fool.
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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    06/24/09

    @djfakt: Did you just miss a Simpsons reference? I didn't think that was possible.
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    Image of Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons! Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!
    06/24/09

    In reply to Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
    Wow, it plays the game very much like a blind person would.
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    Image of Shippoyasha Shippoyasha
    06/24/09

    @Kenny: Give it years of AI development and watch the computer start besting human players eventually.


    Just imagine. The Videogame version of Deep Blue vs Gary Kasparov.


    "AI bests Daigo Umehara in Street Fighter 4!"

    "AI shoots Fatality dead in Quake!"


    I can just imagine it. It's bound to happen sooner or later.

     Reply
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    06/24/09

    @MrPaulJames: The way multiplayer bots tend to work is that they know everything about the state of the game at all times. They know where you and all the other players are, they know where they "are," they know what all can happen, and according to the script that they have, they perform an action. A "fair" bot won't take into account things that it couldn't see if it were a human player, but it still knows. And yes, some bots learn, but that's more like observing what's going on and using a different part of the prewritten script (ie adjusting to a different move frequency set in a fighting game because they noticed that you only kick).


    What's impressive about this is that it's learning what to do on the fly. Someone told it how to jump and move, told it what to avoid, and told it where to go, and it figured out that it would need to jump over the hole and the obstacle at the end to reach the end of the level. It didn't know that there was a hole there until it fell into it and learned what it was, and to avoid it next time.


    Eventually, the AI will create its own script, and it should be able to play Pitfall perfectly, and in the end, there really wouldn't be any difference between its script and the script that a programmer could have given it, but it's far more impressive this way because it learned how to play the game itself.

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    06/14/09

    In reply to Video of Live Action Pitfall!
    I hated that fat guy who didn't even bother to jump when he had to, just skipped a little. Way to ruin the point.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    06/14/09

    @Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog:


    I take that back. It wasn't just the fat guy. Theres a bunch of idiots up there.


    At least with the rope swing, they were rope swinging.

     Reply
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    Image of Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons! Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!
    06/14/09

    @Komrade Kayce - Soviet Attack Dog: They were all idiots. I would have been embarrassed to be in the room while that was happening.
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    Image of Aikage: The Skilled Cleric Wants More L4D Friends Aikage: The Skilled Cleric Wants More L4D Friends
    06/14/09

    @Kenny: Seriously. Now if it had been live action Street Fighter.....
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/14/09

    @Aikage: The Skilled Cleric Wants More L4D Friends: *grabs popcorn*


    Bring it on!!!

     Reply
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    Image of Countchokeula Countchokeula
    06/14/09

    In reply to Video of Live Action Pitfall!
    Pretentious New York Performance art..??!!What a bunch of Cunts!
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    Image of Tyber_Zann Tyber_Zann
    06/14/09

    @Countchokeula: Seconded.


    By far the dumbest thing I have ever seen this week.


    They call anything art these days, don't they? I'm gonna go take a piss on the side of a building and call that art. At least I'm not jumping around like a sissy in front of a theater.

     Reply
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    Image of dustintriplett dustintriplett
    06/14/09

    In reply to Video of Live Action Pitfall!
    Wow.. That was horrible compared to the mental images I had. :(
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/14/09

    @dustintriplett: Same for me.

    I expected something like a very good looking MXC combined with some SASUKE. Oh well.
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    Image of Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
    06/14/09

    In reply to Video of Live Action Pitfall!
    why didnt they all just take a swing and skip every little obstacle all at once?
     Reply
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    Image of FreakyFavabean FreakyFavabean
    06/13/09

    In reply to Live Action Pitfall! in NYC Tonight
    I wish there was a game show or maybe even a reality show about teams of people going through Pitfall challenges. It would be like Legends of the Hidden Temple, only even more hardcore.
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    Image of aw3str1k3r aw3str1k3r
    06/13/09

    @FreakyFavabean: +10 to anyone who knows this reference
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    Image of The Spoony Knight: Ye merry olde foolish companion The Spoony Knight: Ye merry olde foolish companion
    06/13/09

    @aw3str1k3r: By reference, I'm assuming you're talking about LOTHT, right?
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    Image of aw3str1k3r aw3str1k3r
    06/13/09

    @The Spoony Knight: Ye merry olde foolish companion: Err... yeah.
     Reply
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