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So this is fucking strange.

I signed on for an X360 Blog – which is not a blog that I keep that I can access through my X360 as one would imagine… but rather – it is a blog that my X360 keeps. It seems to track my playing habits and generate posts for its blog based on the habits it’s detecting. It’s even hoping for me to come back and start playing soon. Almost like the way my dog is wagging her tail when I come home from work – though not nearly as endearing… yet.

So I figure that since my 360 comes with it’s own quirky personality, I should probably give it a name. I have decided to name it Olsen (after Jimmy Olsen) because – like its namesake – it is chronicling the exploits of the super-human alter-ego of a mild-manner ordinary dude (who also happens to work with Olsen and others like him on a daily basis).

What I wonder is if the material is going to turn out to just be obviously canned Eliza-style crap, or if they actually have something sophisticated operating there, and if each blog has a sort of personality profile. I hope it’s at least that sophisticated – but time will tell. Would be great to assign each 360 a random handful of major and minor personality traits and writing styles and then draw the bulk of the content from a database and glue it all together procedurally. It would give each Blog a unique flavor.

Anyway, regardless, this is the first computer I have ever given a name. Probably won’t be the last either.

Welcome to the world Olsen, and welcome ot the future everyone.