SPOIRE-ISMS
FICTIONAL X-NAMES
SINGLE LETTER
GAMES WE'VE PLAYED PT. 2
EARLY AI
400
This delectable, green drink is a staple at Spoire events
Jinro/Frog Juice
400
Playing all of the parts of this Egyptian Spirit will automatically win the game
Exodia
400
Ethan takes these daily
L
400
This game made Hayden want to take up smoking as a habit
RV There Yet?
400
This computer scientist lends his name to a test in which a machine passes if a human cannot distinguish it from another person in conversation
Alan Turing
800
A resident of a Gak-ridden planet
Gakoid
800
The name of the dimension accessed by Black Mesa in Half-Life
Xen
800
With your eyes and lots of water
C
800
During this game we improv-ed the legendary bit about the Mythbusters busting the myth of the afterlife
Halo 3: ODST
800
This 2015 image generation algorithm was one of the first to use neural networks to produce images, and the results were random and horrifying
Deep Dream
1200
Seeing what must be done, and how to do it
Muad'dib
1200
This planet is the one that Palpatine (somehow) returned from
Exegol
1200
We spent a shitload of time in the airport terminal
PEAK
1200
In 2011, this AI played on Jeopardy in a special episode and won first
IBM Watson
1600
This mythical MacGuffin, often sought after by villains and enemies for its immense power and importance to the storyline
The Crystal
1600
This delta quadrant race not only has an X in its name, but all named characters of this race also include an X in their names
Talaxian
1600
This letter is in 3 of our names
N
1600
We teamed up with our formidable ally, Brian
Void Crew
1600
This early AI chat program from the 1960s simulated interacting with a psychotherapist by rephrasing user input
ELIZA
2000
This term represents any diminutive being
Feller
2000
This black cartoon cat first had his debut in 1919
Felix the Cat
2000
“Rock and Stone” or “Metem preserve you”
V