Keith&Co.
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So, i downloaded a 20-questions game purporting to be mind-reading software. You think of a character, it asks yes/no questions until it isolates the best match in its database. It's fun for a couple times, especially when it notes "no one's thought of THAT character in 7 years!"
But what really got my attention was how some questions hit. Like, if you say your character was in a movie, it will assume Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter pretty quickly. Which can bring interesting images to mind, depending on who you were thinking of.
No, my character was not in LOTR, but now i imagine insisting there are ten members of the party because only he can see the 7 foot tall rabbit.
Or the new Defense Against The Dark Arts instructor, The Gunslinger, saying, "Now, a firm but gentle grip on your guns, I mean wands, and repeat after me, 'I do not aim with my hand. He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand. He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun, um, wand. He who kills with his wand has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart."
But what really got my attention was how some questions hit. Like, if you say your character was in a movie, it will assume Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter pretty quickly. Which can bring interesting images to mind, depending on who you were thinking of.
No, my character was not in LOTR, but now i imagine insisting there are ten members of the party because only he can see the 7 foot tall rabbit.
Or the new Defense Against The Dark Arts instructor, The Gunslinger, saying, "Now, a firm but gentle grip on your guns, I mean wands, and repeat after me, 'I do not aim with my hand. He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand. He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun, um, wand. He who kills with his wand has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart."
