Façade
Michael Mateas of Georgia Tech gave a colloquium talk about Office Plant #1 and Façade. Alex missed the talk.
Alex: What's Façade?
(Selene and Ryan explain the premise to Alex: A couple you knew in college has invited you over for drinks. Their marriage is about to fall apart, but your character doesn't know that when he/she arrives. The characters talk, and you communicate by typing in free-form English.)
Alex: Ok.
Ryan: It's 3D and it has an FPS perspective.
Alex: So there's a gun in front of you?
Geekiness
"Is 'Oomph' a unit of impulse or a unit of force?"
"Hard drives are so fucking slow. Their seek times are measured in milliseconds!"
"Pass-by-name is like pass-by-reference on crack."
