Mr Blobby tries to save the Titanic
And we experiment to find which AI chat bot is the best Game Master
A traditional Irish jig: third class on the Titanic is where the fun happens
Our bonus episode of PastMaster features 90s TV personality Mr Blobby on board the Titanic.
Friend of the show Ian Walker joins Tan for an experimental game in which we test four AIs with the same nautical scenario to see which one makes the best Game Master.
While Blobby runs amok in first class dining, we’ll be putting Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek to the test. Which makes for the most realistic outcome? And which is the most fun to play?
As our hero would say, “Blobby blobby blobby!”
Episode drops on Monday 22nd September.
Draw me like one of your French girls, Jack.
AI in the news
The Coding Olympics: AI competitors feeling smug
DeepMind and OpenAI claimed gold at the ‘Coding Olympics’ in a milestone for AI.
The AI models achieved the result against the best human competitors at the International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.
Forget the Enhanced Games where humans will be allowed to dope themselves silly - I wanna see the robot games.
Epic rap battles of space
Yoda: a mix master
This AI reimagining of Star Wars as a battle between MCs is wonderfully reminiscent of Epic Rap Battles of History.
For all the hype this week about the UK becoming an AI superpower (seriously, btw? Against China and the US?) for our money this is a far more engaging use of artificial intelligence.
Take it away, Obi-Wan.
PastMaster the Live Show is back on 12 October!
PastMaster live: unpredictable
PastMaster is back once again at the Cheerful Earful comedy podcast festival, promising to bring our audience with us on a wild journey through time.
We’re hoping it’ll be more of an excellent adventure than a bogus journey but with our demented AI Game Master at the helm frankly anything could happen.
Tickets are £5 - get yours here.
We’d love to see you there if you can make it - it’s at the Bedford pub in Balham on Sunday 12 October and kick off is at 5pm sharp.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Tan and the PastMaster crew.
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