Comments on: Friday games http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: JMike http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1110 JMike Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:04:16 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1110 OK, I got up to 34330 on the Impossible level. This is one of those annoying games where you score higher by starting at a lower level -- I started at Hard and got 87860 points. I am guessing that the super high scores on the list, if done by unaided humans, were from the easy start. OK, I got up to 34330 on the Impossible level.
This is one of those annoying games where you score higher by starting at a lower level — I started at Hard and got 87860 points. I am guessing that the super high scores on the list, if done by unaided humans, were from the easy start.

]]> By: JMike http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1108 JMike Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:03:38 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1108 Took my first crack at Word Shoot. Tried the medium level just to get the hang of the interface and then I had a go at the impossible level: Word score: 28100 Correct: 153 Missed: 12 Correct rate: 92% Final score: 29020 I think I can do a little better but probably not a super lot better. I was banging away on the keyboard loudly enough to attract attention in the office. It's a little distracting to have to hit the 'Enter' key after every word, since the words are so short. I think my raw typing speed has gone down since my early 20s, but only a bit. I was in a contest in 1991 where I did a five-minute stretch at 134 words per minute and I think I can still hit 130+ for shorter periods. Took my first crack at Word Shoot. Tried the medium level just to get the hang of the interface and then I had a go at the impossible level:

Word score: 28100
Correct: 153
Missed: 12
Correct rate: 92%

Final score: 29020

I think I can do a little better but probably not a super lot better. I was banging away on the keyboard loudly enough to attract attention in the office. It’s a little distracting to have to hit the ‘Enter’ key after every word, since the words are so short.

I think my raw typing speed has gone down since my early 20s, but only a bit. I was in a contest in 1991 where I did a five-minute stretch at 134 words per minute and I think I can still hit 130+ for shorter periods.

]]> By: michael addicott http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1071 michael addicott Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:46:27 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/2006/12/friday-games.html#comment-1071 thanks for the words. weird and chaotic better than somnolent and boring, i hope. but, we believe in continuous improvement...i noticed the url in the analytics and had to see starchamber.com. re: stanford, there have been a few published studies and several colloquia recently using the game software (note: not all of the games, the rest fit an editorial theme) thanks for the words. weird and chaotic better than somnolent and boring, i hope. but, we believe in continuous improvement…i noticed the url in the analytics and had to see starchamber.com. re: stanford, there have been a few published studies and several colloquia recently using the game software (note: not all of the games, the rest fit an editorial theme)

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