Month: December 2006

  • The algorithm or art

    Hours Categories Game talk
    Comments 17 Comments

    Recently, I’ve read not one but two articles on using algorithms to predict the success of movies. In both cases, the analysts start with a script (one team uses human analysts, the other a computer), then analyze it for key elements, plot twists, setting, characters, and so on. Then they use what appears to be regression analysis to determine the degree of commonality the script has with other hits.

    And it works. Hits show up. Misses are clearly seen.

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  • Looks like my webhost hiccuped

    Hours Categories Misc

    And in the process ate part of a day of posts and comments. I’ll see about rewriting the stuff or digging it out of a cache, I suppose. Looks like I lost:

    • “Algorithm or art” — about using regression analysis to analyze common patterns in hits
    • The Games for Change closing address
    • The brief thing on what teens like in avatars

    Any more? And anyone got caches?