This annual event is crammed with a collection of very difficult problems and the regular expression crossword, created by Dan Gulotta from an idea by Palmer Mebane, was just a small part of the whole - and yes there is a solution."įreshly Exhumed writes "You can't begrudge Nat Brown for claiming some pride in the birth of Microsoft's game console: 'I was a founder of the original xBox project at Microsoft and gave it its name. This particular regular expression crossword(pdf) was part of this year's MIT Mystery Hunt. It also has to use a hexagonal grid to provide three regular expressions to control each entry. The regular expression crossword is more a sort of Sudoku puzzle than crossword however because the clues determine the pattern that the entries in a row have to satisfy. For example a dot matches any single character, an * any number of characters and so on. Want to try your hand at a regular expression crossword? The idea is simple enough - create a crossword style puzzle with regular expressions are the 'clues.' In case you don't know what a regular expression is - it is a way of specifying what characters are allowed using wild-card characters and more. but now they can be a whole lot of fun in a completely new way. Mikejuk writes "Programmers often say that regular expressions are fun. There is no word yet regarding the features of the games being streamed, including whether or not they will support online or local multiplayer." Services like OnLive have struggled in the past due to the large amount of bandwidth they require, and many consumers complained of laggy connections and horrendous graphics. Constantly streaming interactive graphics, even if only at 720p, will still require a fast internet connection. It appears that Sony will most likely be using the service to stream PS3 and indie games to the console, as the current technology only supports 720p, not high enough quality for blockbuster games. Back in June, a rumor circulated that Sony was planning to use the technology to support backwards compatibility with PS2 and PS1 games, though no further details have arisen regarding whether or not the new console will be able to play previous generation games. The Wall Street Journal, among other sources, is now reporting that the PS4 will have GaiKai's cloud-based gaming technology directly integrated, thought it is unclear exactly what types of games will be available for streaming. Since last June, Sony has been quietly sitting on its $380 million dollar acquisition of Gaikai, a cloud based gaming company. But then again, as Volk reminded me in an email, "If people were influenced by video games, a majority of Facebook users would be farmers by now," a meme that has been floating around Facebook since last year, if not earlier.ĭmfinn writes "With less than 5 days until the reported PS4 launch event, new details are emerging regarding some of the console's next-gen capabilities. It seems, for instance, that Newtown shooter Adam Lanza was heavily into violent video games, which is sure to spark plenty of new discussion about how they affect players. (Editorial interjection: Aren't most remaining pockets of massive gun violence in cities where many poor kids grow up in apartments that have lead paint?) Due to technical problems during the interview, some of the conversation is missing, primarily about the recent spate of multiple murders. He's also tracked how much less violence we've seen since lead was removed from gasoline. But over the years Volk has worked on slightly violent video games and has watched public outcries over video game violence since 1976. His current job is with PlayScreen, where he's working on their Word Carnivale iOS game, which is not violent at all. He started out as a play tester for Avalon Hill in 1979, and since then has worked for Activision and other major players in the game space. William Volk may not be the world's oldest game designer, but he's up there.
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