Tim Cook wrote:
> I'm not so sure about that.  While in theory there are an unlimited 
> number of stories, they're constructed of discreet elements that show up 
> repeatedly even in widely varied plots.  There are even fewer stories 
> that readily qualify as 'stereotypical RPG fare', even taking 
> mind-bending plot-twists-from-left-field into consideration.  So it's 
> really just a matter of chaining together elements from a table, 
> throwing in unique names and geography, balancing mechanics (which could 
> probably be done by the software, really...run a few hundred simulated 
> events in the background, adjusting things as needed), and you have a 
> computer-generated 'unique' storyline.  How complex it is is really just 
> determined by quality of the table from which it grabs elements.

For one of my classes I wrote a detailed business proposal to do just 
that :)  Of course, I figured on a 5 year timeline, and a few million 
dollars for the R&D, so we never got to try it out...  still, it's been 
on the "back shelf" of my head for a while now, and I keep hoping I'll 
have a chance to work on something like this.

-- 
Chambers

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