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The Electronic Wireless Show episode 164: the best AI characters in games specialComputer, play the next episode of the best podcast ever
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I can’t remember why I picked this theme, but for this episode of The Electronic Wireless ShowpodcastI wanted to talk about AI characters - as in, characters that are, in game, an artificial intelligence of some kind. This definition does cause some trouble. After all, is not every character in a game that isn’t player controlled an AI character, fn fn fn?
No, because you all know what I mean and so does Nate. Matthew doesn’t, know, and had prepared a list of just, companion characters. Don’t worry, he actually pulls out some really good examples. We talk about a lot of games this week, not least because I didn’t prepare a Cavern Of Lies again. Sorry. There is also a lot of talk about clones, and what Matthew would do with clones of himself (e.g. shove them out of an airlock).
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NotesNate really likes the little men inRepublic Commando, even though they are clones and not AI.
We obviously discuss GLaDOS and Wheatley fromPortal(andPortal 2) and Cortana fromHalo.
There are many fun (depending on your definition or how sarcastic you’re being) AI characters in the Borderlands series, includingBorderlands 3andTales From The Borderlands.
Shout out again toSoma, one of my most favourite ever horror games and a true psychological horror.
Matthew also gives an impassioned sell ofVirtues Last Reward.
Recommendationsthis week are the brandnew series of Dexter- it might be better than before! - theI Don’t Even Own A Televisionpodcast about bad books, andGoblin, a kdrama about a man who can’t die, has magiic powers, and has a sword stuck in him(??) which sounds amazing.
