In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges.   00:00:22 Introductions 00:00:39 To hard mode or not to hard mode 00:08:58 No moats in Google 00:16:37 Stable Diffusion blows Jason’s mind 00:21:31 Putting beats together 00:23:38 GPT4All 00:27:44 White Sand 00:35:28 Fortuna 00:38:55 Patrick’s ‘dirty’ secret 00:47:20 Wordnet 00:53:56 Procedural generation 00:57:29 On tabletop RPGs 01:00:48 Inform 01:07:27 Farewells Resources mentioned in this episode: Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h   Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793   News/Links: Google: We have no moat and neither does OpenAIhttps://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither Stable Diffusion QR Codes https://stable-diffusion-art.com/qr-code/  Beginning to Make Musichttps://learningmusic.ableton.com/ GPT4Allhttps://gpt4all.io/index.html Wordnet:https://wordnet.princeton.edu/ Inform:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform Book of the Show Patrick:White Sand https://amzn.to/43CPMKA Jason: The Fortuna https://www.generativefiction.com/ Tool of the Show Jason:Gatsby.js https://www.gatsbyjs.com/ Patrick: Peglin https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/    If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/   Reach out to us via email: [email protected]   You can also follow Programming Throwdown on  Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube   Join the discussion on our Discord Help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★