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Can a Computer Make You Cry? - Chris Hecker's Website

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Right now, no one knows. This is partly because many would consider the very idea frivolous. But it's also because whoever successfully answers this question must first have answered several others. Why do we cry? Why do we laugh, or love, or smile? What are the touchstones of our emotions? Until now, the people who asked such questions tended not to be the same people who ran software companies. Instead, they were writers, filmmakers, painters, musicians. They were, in the traditional sense, artists. We're about to change that tradition. The name of our company is Electronic Arts. We are a new association of electronic artists united by a common goal—to fulfill the enormous potential of the personal computer. In the short term, this means transcending its present use as a facilitator of unimaginative tasks and a medium for blasting aliens. In the long term, however, we can expect a great deal more. These are wondrous machines we have created, and in them can be seen a bit of their mak

Can a Computer Make You Cry? - Chris Hecker's Website @checker MY NEW SPY GAME SpyParty Can a Computer Make You Cry? This page contains a transcription of the full text [1] of the original print advertisement for Electronic Arts. [2] [3] I think it's an absolutely beautiful ad—it's quite inspirational to me—and its copy exactly describes the game industry I hope we eventually create. [4] (click image to enlarge) Right now, no one knows. This is partly because many would consider the very idea frivolous. But it's also because whoever successfully answ

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