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Published 23 June 2025
e518 with Andy, Michael, and Michael &#8211; stories about Atari adjacent AI, a new Emotiv experience, Midjourney video magic, Bondi blue, visionOS persona improvements, the Nex Playground and a whole lot more.
Andy, Michael and Michael begin with a couple of Atari AI stories.&nbsp; First up, there’s a Hackaday article dealing with randomly generating Atari games, replete with a link in the notes below to the Github repo to check out.&nbsp; Next is a Futurism article detailing how ChatGPT loses to the computing might encompassed by an Atari 2600 console.&nbsp; Continuing on the ChatGPT theme, the co-hosts check out a post on the recent ChatGPT worldwide outage, and what happened as a result. &nbsp;
Then, the team turns to a discussion on the recent Emotiv kickstarter, the MW20 Neuro Earphones, and are reminded about the Emotiv Insight.&nbsp; Rounding out the AI section, Michael, Andy and Michael enjoy Ian Hughes&#8217; Midjourney experiment to create a short video of Roisin Kincade from his book <a href="https://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/reconfigure/">Reconfigure</a>.&nbsp;
After considering a cute iMac G3 inspired Apple Watch charging stand, the team charges into a conversation about the recent updates to visionOS 26, paying special focus to the Persona function.&nbsp; Michael Rowe has a nice before-and-after view of his Persona posted in his blog, and Michael M finds the AI generated Dutch master painting of Michael from back in e240.&nbsp; Check out the links below to see for yourself!
A new to the cohosts gaming console called Nex Playground (not Next &#8211; that was a different company!) has a modular form factor, and makes use of a camera for the gameplay.&nbsp; The Creative Bloq article references Homecourt as the origin for the Nex Playground — “the eye in the sky does not lie!” is a common refrain from sports analytics enthusiasts.&nbsp; It is intriguing how sophisticated the AI motion detection has come in this consumer space.
What games can you imagine playing where your body is the controller?&nbsp; Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!&nbsp;
These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.&nbsp; All rights reserved.&nbsp; That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Selected Links</h2>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">AI</h2>
Hackaday article: <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/randomly-generating-atari-games/">Randomly Generating Atari Games</a>
<a href="https://github.com/bbenchoff/FiniteAtariMachine">Finite Atari Machine</a> GitHub repo
Futurism article: <a href="https://futurism.com/atari-beats-chatgpt-chess">ChatGPT &#8220;Absolutely Wrecked&#8221; at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977</a>
Robert Caruso’s LinkedIn Post: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-jr-caruso-23080180_ai-chess-atari2600-activity-7337108175185145856-HSP0/">🧠🤖 Atari 2600 Pulls Off the Upset!!</a>
Wikipedia article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer">TRS-80 Color Computer</a>
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ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide
<a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/</a> &#8211; text<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=889fSJTRZlg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA</a> &#8211; video

 &mdash; David Gerard (@davidgerard@circumstances.run)
 <a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114665559295947376">2025-06-11T15:59:42.031Z</a>
 
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Pivot to AI post: <a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/">ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide</a>
Kickstarter post: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tanttle/emotiv-mw20-bci-neuro-earphones-hifi-audio-brain-insights">Emotiv MW20 Neuro Earphones: Hi‑Fi Audio + Brain Insights</a>
<a href="https://www.emotiv.com/">Emotiv</a>
Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2013/02/24/episode-37-sticky-games/">e37: Sticky Games</a> (for Emotiv reference &#8211; perhaps the first?)
IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/">Minority Report</a>
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Loving midjourney new video generation. Ran the opening still from <a href="http://reconfigurebook.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">http://reconfigurebook.co.uk</a> through it and Roisin really came to life. I last did this in 2023 with Runway. As I wrote <a href="https://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2023/07/25/reconfigure-the-movie-nearly/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2023/07/25/reconfigure-the-movie-nearly/</a>

 &mdash; Epredator (@epredator@mastodon.online)
 <a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://mastodon.online/@epredator/114706859787589967">2025-06-18T23:02:57.523Z</a>
 
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Feeding Edge post: <a href="https://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2023/07/25/reconfigure-the-movie-nearly/">Reconfigure – The Movie, nearly</a>
Midjourney post: <a href="https://updates.midjourney.com/introducing-our-v1-video-model/">Introducing Our V1 Video Model</a>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">Apple</h2>
The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/687749/spigen-apple-watch-classic-c1-charger-stand">Charge your Apple Watch on this tiny iMac G3 replica</a>
Wikipedia article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3">iMac G3</a>
iColorpaltte <a href="https://icolorpalette.com/color/0095B6">Bondi blue</a>
Six Colors article: <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/06/visionos-26-keeps-pushing-apples-newest-platform-toward-the-future/">visionOS 26 keeps pushing Apple’s newest platform toward the future</a>
Random Thoughts post: <a href="https://michaelrowe01.com/index.php/blog/wwdc-2025-liquid-glass/">WWDC 2025 &#8211; Liquid Glass</a> (for the AI Dutch master version of Michael Rowe in the initial visionOS)
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Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2019/08/12/episode-240-game-of-life/">e240: Game of Life</a> (for Michael R’s generated portrait)
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size">Games</h2>
Creative Bloq article: <a href="https://www.creativebloq.com/entertainment/gaming/nex-playground-review-an-apple-like-active-games-console-for-the-family">Nex Playground review: an Apple-like active games console for the family</a>
<a href="https://www.nexplayground.com">Nex Playground</a>
<a href="https://www.homecourt.ai">Homecourt.ai</a>
Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2021/07/05/episode-327-virtually-athletic/">e327: Virtually Athletic</a>
Nintendo <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/en-za/Games/Wii/Wii-Sports-283971.html">Wii Sports</a>
CNET article: <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/i-downloaded-crazy-taxi-on-my-iphone-for-free-before-sega-discontinues-it/">I Downloaded Crazy Taxi on My iPhone for Free Before Sega Discontinues It</a>
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