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Tag Archives: aimaddeness
PSxMemCard Gen2
Two days ago I finally pulled out the Bitfunx PSxMemCard Gen2 memory card for the PS1 and PS2 that I brought back from America to solve a very specific problem: moving a save file from RetroPie to an actual PS1. … Continue reading
AI Maddeness Week 17: the AFC East Playoff Race
Now that the vacation is ending and I’ve started to catch up on my AI Maddeness season, I’m moving into what’s been my favorite part of the whole enterprise: the playoff picture! I really love all the possible permutations that … Continue reading
Sixteen to Go, One More Loss
So once the playoff race becomes part of the AI Maddeness picture, I’m naturally inclined to play more games—which means more previews, game recaps, actual Madden 2001 gameplay, and so on. That’s not exactly the best time management strategy as … Continue reading
AI Maddeness Films
I finally got around to making a video recap of week 13’s matchup between the NY Jets and the Chicago Bears. It was a special one. Curtis Martin passed both the single season rushing and touchdown records in the same … Continue reading
AI Maddeness: How (Not) to Blog with AI
In the spirit of the talk at Reclaim Open, I fed the details of the video summary provided by YouTube’s AI into the game preview GPT I created for AI Maddeness. It wrote a post in the “spirit” of how … Continue reading
Coming off the AI Maddeness Bye Week
I gave myself a few things to do during the bye week and I’m happy to report I got more than half of them done. The most pressing issue to address was getting the emulated version of Madden 2001 running … Continue reading
AI Maddeness Week 5 Bye the Bye
It’s week five in the world of AI Maddeness, and the Jets are a franchise history-making 4-0 to start the season. As it just so happens, in that other universe 25 years ago the NY Jets also opened 4-0 only … Continue reading
AI Hallucinates Jets Win
While I would like to take the credit for this post title, it came as a response to an AI-generated image I created celebrating the Jets going 3-0 in an alternative universe set 25 years ago, which lives on AI … Continue reading
Today in Madden 2001: Dedric Ward is the King of New York
I’ve been recovering from a pretty intense regiment of vacation over the last month, but I’m finally back at home playing Madden 2001 in preparation for the AI Maddeness season kickoff this coming weekend. This morning I decided to play … Continue reading
AI Maddeness: Highlights from Bears vs Lions Week 17
This is a highlight video from recorded footage from the week 17 game of the Chicago Bears defeating the Detroit Lions I payed this past weekend. I’ve been trying to clean up things before vacation so I’ve had less time … Continue reading