http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bbc+game Posts tagged with 'bbc' and 'game' at MetaFilter. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:45:06 -0800 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:45:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/69952/Learnding <a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/questionaut.swf"><a href="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/questionaut.swf">Questionaut</a></a> is a charming flash application from the very talented <a href="http://www.amanitadesign.com/">Amanita</a>. <a href="http://kotaku.com/368406/juvenile-timewaster-of-the-day-questionaut">Kotaku</a> jokingly calls it a 'Juvenile Timewaster', but how juvenile is it? tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69952 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:45:06 -0800 amanita bbc flash game Frasermoo http://www.metafilter.com/55019/Where%2Dam%2DI <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/launch_gms_cdx.shtml">CDX: great Flash adventure</a> by <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/">BBC History</a> (in association with <a href="http://www.preloaded.com/">Preloaded</a>) for their "<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/">Ancient Rome</a>" series. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55019 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:52:59 -0800 adventure ancientrome bbc bbchistory cdx documentaries documentary flash game preoladed romans rome goodnewsfortheinsane http://www.metafilter.com/51367/What%2Ddid%2Done%2Dghost%2Dsay%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dother <a href="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/meta/getalife/index.html">Get A-Life</a> - an interesting read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life">artificial life</a> and <a href="http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~rij/gafaq/top.htm">evolutionary</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_computation">computation</a>, from the <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/17468">game of</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/16018">life</a> (<a href="http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/">playable applet</a>), through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_wars">core</a> <a href="http://koth.org/">wars</a>, <a href="http://www.his.atr.jp/~ray/tierra/index.html">tierra</a> and on to <a href="http://www.genetic-programming.org/">genetic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_programming">programming</a>. This approach has recently borne fruit to genetic programming <a href="http://evonet.lri.fr/evoweb/news_events/news_features/article.php?id=15">pioneer</a> and inventor of the <a href="http://www.andys-arcade.net/personal/unusual/siscratchcard.jpg">scratchcard</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Koza">John</a> <a href="http://www.genetic-programming.com/johnkoza.html">Koza</a>, who last year <a href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0e13af26862ba010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html">patented his invention machine</a>, actually a <a href="http://www.genetic-programming.com/machine1000.html">1000 machine beowulf cluster</a> running his software, which has itself created several <a href="http://www.genetic-programming.com/inventionmachine.html">inventions</a> which have been granted patents. [See also: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/alife/index.htm">BBC Biotopia artificial life experiment</a>, another <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/beasts/game/beasts.pl?game_action=begin">odd BBC evolution game</a>, <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060308/kane_01.shtml">Artificial Life Possibilities: A Star Trek Perspective</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51367 Wed, 03 May 2006 12:31:30 -0800 alife a-life artifical bbc core evolution evolutionary game genetic invention koza life programming startrek tierra wars MetaMonkey http://www.metafilter.com/36606/You%2Dare%2Dhere%2DDo%2Dyou%2Dhave%2Dyour%2Dtowel <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml">The 20th Anniversary Edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> text adventure is online, and the BBC has jazzed it up. A bit. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36606 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:52:30 -0800 BBC game Hitchhikersguide textadventure website WolfDaddy http://www.metafilter.com/29720/seamonster <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/seamonsters/game/index.html">seamonster</a> <small><small>[note" <em>flash</em>]</small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29720 Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:06:04 -0800 bbc game seamonster crunchland http://www.metafilter.com/24344/Geeks%2Dwithout%2DBorders <a href="http://www.chasingthewish.com">Chasing the Wish</a> was one of those websites that people suspected of being everything from another <a href="http://www.8march2003.com">8march2003</a> to another <a href="http://www.push-nevada.net/">Push Nevada</a> or <a href="http://www.cloudmakers.org/">Cloud Makers</a>. What it turned out to be however was a announcement for a free <a href="http://www.unfiction.com/history/">ARG or Alternate Reality Game</a> as hosted by such groups as the <a href="http://www.argn.com/">ARGN</a>, <a href="http://www.unfiction.com/">Unfiction</a>, <a href="http://www.collectivedetective.org">Collective Detective</a>, to name a few. Mentioned in this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2735905.stm ">BBC article</a> and this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/technology/circuits/06game.html ">NYT article</a>, as potential ways to study collective problem solving dynamics, it would seem that this type of crossover treasure hunting could yield some very real world knowledge. I bet <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~ariel/99/gt100.html">the folks at Princeton</a> will have an eye on this one. It's already spawned a <a href="http://www.chasingthefish.com">funny parody site</a> too. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24344 Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:55:37 -0800 AlternateRealityGame AlternateRealityGames ARG BBC ChasingTheWish game games gaming NYTimes metameme http://www.metafilter.com/14788/ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/static/winter_olympics/game/default.stm">Shredding with Auntie.</a> A snowboarding game from the BBC. I'm stoked. Are you stoked? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.14788 Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:45:53 -0800 bbc game snowboarding liam