ConwayLife.com
The field of electronic entertainment, our self-selected area of exploration, is vast. On one end you have visceral creations that we don't even bother with, games that are mostly about pointing at people in a virtual world and shooting them. On the other, we have esoteric creations of pure mathematics like Conway's Game of Life.

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ConwayLife.com

The field of electronic entertainment, our self-selected area of exploration, is vast. On one end you have visceral creations that we don't even bother with, ga

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The Making of Boulder Dash
Another find that should be credited to a Metafilter member, in this case AndrewStephens. It's an interview on the site "spillhistorie.no" with Peter Liepa, creator of the 80s home computer hit Boulder Dash, an early game application for cellular automation. A digging game, like Dig Dug and Mr.
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The Making of Boulder Dash

Another find that should be credited to a Metafilter member, in this case AndrewStephens. It's an interview on the site "spillhistorie.no" with Peter Liepa, cre

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TIC-80 Showcase #527 - Algae - Cellular Automata

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Today I’ve embraced my latest hyperfixation: #CellularAutomata, specifically #ConwaysGameOfLife!

I’ve heard of it but never got into it until recently. I’m still learning all the terminologies, but it’s amazing what people can come up with.

Here’s a pattern I found just now, which I’ll name Dudley since it looks like the word “DUD”. These 21 pixels animate until the 1,279th generation, where it settles on 232 pixels. This will entertain me for months 

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