AI (proper AI, not this GenAI crap) is what makes games fun.
Plz stop confusing them.

So I taught the NPCs to cope with that combat situation.
And I also taught them that basecamp strat.
And might have made it a bit too much of a priority.
Because QA hated getting beaten all the time by the stategy they suggested.
So I toned it down a bit :)

It's a minigame where you have to collect caniters that drop into the level, and take them to your base for points.
And Microsoft QA said "Hey, if we basecamp, beat up the AI guys, and take their stuff to our base, we win. Hah!"

(& I worked on the Typing OTD Overkill version, which came scarily close to being vapourware)

(In this case, in a loft conversion (rather than just a loft), but exposed to dust & the like for those that weren't boxed/cased)

Ah, memories :)
(Digs out old source)
TMUL_ABA: SRA A
LD L,B
SRA L
SUB L
LD L,A
ADD B
LD E,(HL)
LD L,A
LD A,(HL)
SUB E
RET

Yes - "Don't Panic" calls out "lolly"->"popsicle", "wop"->"whop", and "f..k"->"belgium" in Life, the Universe, and Everything.

(+g)

*Programmed*, yes, four of 'em. But since you're looking for publishers, that'd be Namco Bandai, Atlus, and THQ.

Deliberately obfuscated "PhartyFuckBorlz" IIRC

Bravo on getting the original poet (as in not Paula Nancy Milstone Jennings). The other one's Bloody Martin Smith from Croydon.

Okay, let's do the pub quiz question: Name a real-world person who's name-checked in the original broadcast. Bonus points for getting both :)

The content? Fine :)
The double-i in the hashtag? Less so ;)

Bees-on-Lavender 2025
42/42
There're still bees, but I think we're pretty much done here. Besides, it's a nice number.
#bees #lavender