Deep in the D-Pad

Bots | Deep in the D-Pad #25

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In this episode of Deep in the D-Pad, the fellas explore the history of videogame bots. They consider major milestones in the evolution of bots, as well as their personal experiences playing with and against bots. During the D-Pad Delights they discuss Boyfriend Dungeon and Unreal Tournament 1 (1999) Facing Worlds. They round out the episode with their second ever variety show!  Appearances by Starcraft, Dota 2, and Fortnite.

Intro-00:00:00

D-Pad Delights-00:00:52

Deeper into the D-Pad- 00:11:37

Variety Show- 01:12:25

Outro-01:27:30

Further reading:

  • An AI taught itself to play a video game – for the first time, it’s beating humans- https://theconversation.com/an-ai-taught-itself-to-play-a-video-game-for-the-first-time-its-beating-humans-118028
  • Evolution of AI in Video-Games from 1980 to Today - https://medium.com/@DylanCa_/evolution-of-ai-in-video-games-from-1980-to-today-e3344acaed4c

    • Special thanks to 8-bit Jazz & Kevin MacLeod for supplying music for the show and Julia Eldred for creating the artwork.

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