Many lifetimes ago, when I played Pee Wee football for the Baldwin Bombers, our head coach (Mr. Lamonde) would always talk about the “intangibles” of the game.* A kind of otherworldly sense a player has that you couldn’t really quantify … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
While I would like to take the credit for this post title, it came as a response to an AI-generated image I created celebrating the Jets going 3-0 in an alternative universe set 25 years ago, which lives on AI … Continue reading →| bavatuesdays
I’m not sure how I’m gonna get my hands entirely around this post, but damn it all I’m going to try. It’s been a while since I came at the blog with a long one, but if I don’t start documenting some of the AI Maddeness work I’ll be too far in to find my way out 🙂| bavatuesdays
I’ve been recovering from a pretty intense regiment of vacation over the last month, but I’m finally back at home playing Madden 2001 in preparation for the AI Maddeness season kickoff this coming weekend.| bavatuesdays
I already hinted at the AI Maddeness project that will build out a sports media universe around the NY Jets 2000 season as created by Madden 2001 on the PS1 (emulated). The idea is to try and understand the various AI tools out there by focusing them on an imaginary season of football using 25 year old rosters, schedules, and rules. I’m not sure it makes a lot of sense, but that’s kinda what I like about it. At a more basic level I chose Madden 2001 because it was one of the first video g...| bavatuesdays