Archive for June, 2009
Interview with Bot Colony creator Eugene Joseph
6 Comments Published by Mark Marino June 8th, 2009 in Poetics, bots, Features, games, Text Art, Fictionality, Interviews.In the most recent step toward the conversational agent takeover (a conversonator apocalypse), the new video game Bot Colony by Montreal-based North Side is nearing completion. The game’s website promises “Unrestricted conversation in English between players and characters.” WRT took some time out from rearing our own chatbots for some unrestricted conversation with Bot Colony chief designer, Eugene Joseph.