Comments on: What to Do If: Bookworm Makes You Feel Stupid http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/ Technology, unicycles, and the occasional rant. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bud http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/#comment-236 bud Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:22:42 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/?p=65#comment-236 You should make an iPhone app that lets you send screen shots from Wurdle and Bookworm to your server for cheating. People would drop 99 cents on that easy. I actually think over 50% of any electronic gaming market is the 'cheat' market. You should make an iPhone app that lets you send screen shots from Wurdle and Bookworm to your server for cheating. People would drop 99 cents on that easy.

I actually think over 50% of any electronic gaming market is the ‘cheat’ market.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/#comment-233 Matthew Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:27:24 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/?p=65#comment-233 The band leader bot would need to squawk out "star power!" when it detected a filled meter, and the other bots would need microphones and the ability to separate the leader bot's commands from the background music. Clearly. The band leader bot would need to squawk out “star power!” when it detected a filled meter, and the other bots would need microphones and the ability to separate the leader bot’s commands from the background music. Clearly.

]]> By: Matt http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/#comment-232 Matt Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:19:24 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/?p=65#comment-232 Saw an optical recognition Guitar Hero bot on Make a while back, it /would/ be a rather rad project! http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/05/guitar_hero_robot_in_action.html Saw an optical recognition Guitar Hero bot on Make a while back, it /would/ be a rather rad project!
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/05/guitar_hero_robot_in_action.html

]]> By: Matthew http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/#comment-231 Matthew Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:26:02 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/?p=65#comment-231 Oh yeah--I'm under no illusions that any competitive multiplayer environment isn't going to have rampant cheating like this (and I'm sure physical prizes available from Pogo contribute to it, although my guess is people would do it for the notoriety alone). Online poker is even more fascinating, as many cheat bots connect with each other to increase their visibility into the deck, with multiple machines in the same game sharing their card counts. This was just my way of enjoying Bookworm--the 3 hours I spent creating this were far more enjoyable for me than three hours of actual Bookworm playing would have been. I've also wanted to create a computer vision/mechanical solution to play Rock Band, although that's a little bit bigger than a lazy Sunday project... Oh yeah–I’m under no illusions that any competitive multiplayer environment isn’t going to have rampant cheating like this (and I’m sure physical prizes available from Pogo contribute to it, although my guess is people would do it for the notoriety alone). Online poker is even more fascinating, as many cheat bots connect with each other to increase their visibility into the deck, with multiple machines in the same game sharing their card counts.

This was just my way of enjoying Bookworm–the 3 hours I spent creating this were far more enjoyable for me than three hours of actual Bookworm playing would have been.

I’ve also wanted to create a computer vision/mechanical solution to play Rock Band, although that’s a little bit bigger than a lazy Sunday project…

]]> By: PogoFan http://www.matthewwegner.com/outsmarting-bookworm/#comment-230 PogoFan Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:17:09 +0000 http://www.matthewwegner.com/?p=65#comment-230 Cheat program developers have been making bank for many years by provide these tools for games on Pogo.com. http://www.badgehelp.com http://www.pogocheats.net Cheat program developers have been making bank for many years by provide these tools for games on Pogo.com.

http://www.badgehelp.com
http://www.pogocheats.net

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