Gary Gifford wrote on Sun, Jun 1, 2008 09:53 AM UTC:
In response to GD's previous comment, his very last line, '...for serious CV play, and in turn the designer needs to try to keep the game somewhat out of reach for Computer.'
From what I have seen in regard to both variants and programmers, it seems logical to conclude that any game a human mind can play, a program can be written for. The program may be flawed, but the bugs can be worked out.
In my opinion, designers need not worry about computers. If you make a great game, likely someone will get a computer to play it. That is not to say all great games end up having associated programs... but they could.
From what I have seen in regard to both variants and programmers, it seems logical to conclude that any game a human mind can play, a program can be written for. The program may be flawed, but the bugs can be worked out.
In my opinion, designers need not worry about computers. If you make a great game, likely someone will get a computer to play it. That is not to say all great games end up having associated programs... but they could.