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Author:  EdLee [ Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:10 pm ]
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...asleep watching a pro game! ...
... won't nitpick all the 'inaccuracies' in that episode, just happy they picked Go :mrgreen: :blackeye: ...
... the usual complete novice stone placements by actors portraying pros... :blackeye:

OTOH: byoyomi voice countdown -- they did a very nice job :clap:

Author:  ez4u [ Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:06 pm ]
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fireproof wrote:
EdLee wrote:
Shinya Shokudou 深夜 食堂, S3E7 (ep. 27) しじみ汁

I have to protest -- that character fell asleep watching a pro game! When has that ever happened in real life?

It happens around 1 PM every Sunday from April to September in my case. The early rounds of the NHK Cup on Japanese television are usually a guaranteed nap. :)

Author:  karaklis [ Sat May 15, 2021 9:21 am ]
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Already a few years ago, but there are two episodes of PBS Space Time that explain entropy with a goban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfffy12uQ7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR23aMjIHIY

Author:  WriterJon [ Sat May 15, 2021 8:35 pm ]
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Yakago wrote:
Cyberpunk 2077 - Found my first Go board ..
Lines are off, but game is solid
https://imgur.com/a/J8qEBpw


There's a bit later in the badlands, near where you first meet the fixer in that area, I think. A group of characters is watching two others play Go. There is some dialogue about the complexities of the game. Pretty sure it's the exact same board position as from that mission from the police-lass mission.

Author:  WriterJon [ Sat May 15, 2021 8:56 pm ]
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Joaz Banbeck wrote:
On 'Billions', a Showtime series, the Brian Connerty character has a meeting of the local go club in his office after hours. [...] Upon reflection, there are several things that lead me to think that [u]the producers are tossing in a gratuitous go game just to advance public knowledge of go [...]


Koppelman and Levien enjoy games and have form writing in the argot of gameplayers accurately and impressively. They are the guys who wrote "Rounders", comfortably the best poker movie ever made. Doesn't surprise me that they made sure their Go scenes are passable.

Author:  fireproof [ Wed May 19, 2021 8:50 pm ]
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WriterJon wrote:
Joaz Banbeck wrote:
On 'Billions', a Showtime series, the Brian Connerty character has a meeting of the local go club in his office after hours. [...] Upon reflection, there are several things that lead me to think that [u]the producers are tossing in a gratuitous go game just to advance public knowledge of go [...]


Koppelman and Levien enjoy games and have form writing in the argot of gameplayers accurately and impressively. They are the guys who wrote "Rounders", comfortably the best poker movie ever made. Doesn't surprise me that they made sure their Go scenes are passable.


I've heard somewhere that Paul Giamatti is a Go player, perhaps he helped to make it believable.

Author:  WriterJon [ Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:56 pm ]
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Just been watching Peacock's adaptation of "Brave New World" and Go features prominently in several scenes.

The stones they chose are pretty ugly, the games don't always look plausible in the close-ups, and there is a thematic reveal that uses the idea of a "suicide move" that doesn't super work as a metaphor.

The rest of the show isn't too bad though.

Author:  EdLee [ Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:15 am ]
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@ 1:35. Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Ear-reddening...? :blackeye:
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Author:  fireproof [ Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:24 pm ]
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Another glowing board, just like Tron: Legacy :-?

Author:  EdLee [ Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:31 pm ]
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Another glowing board, just like Tron: Legacy :-?
Yea, the Tron one was a physical set ( :scratch: ? ) but Black Lotus's was rendered -- mismatched grid lines and stone sizes, and missing star points. :blackeye:

Author:  Mike Novack [ Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:28 pm ]
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Currently reading The Eternal Zero (EIEN NO ZERO) by Naoki Hyakuta. Chapter 6 is heavily involving go.

Author:  Ferran [ Sat Jan 15, 2022 6:35 am ]
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This is a bit of a coming from the left field, but bear with me.

There's a Japanese anime series (mostly) called Patlabor. Basically, mechas become industrial equipment. Dangerous industrial equipment. And a branch of the police is set up to deal with them. So far, so good. In episode 46, however, there's an explanation-comparison of the old system for police mecha's OS, a system that learns from the pilot (a la AlphaGo), and a new "neural network" OS that reacts more generally to ANY pilot's movement and environment... Not quite AlphaZero, but...

The episode first aired in 1990. Cell animation is not something you can improvise a script and shoot it the week before.

Take care.

Author:  derkberklin [ Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:25 pm ]
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Saw this incredible dance and song centered on go in Street Dance of China (also shared on /r/baduk)

Timestamp (25:51): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km_gQaLCBco&t=1551s

Author:  Elom0 [ Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:44 pm ]
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Kakegurui TWIN. Igo and Shogi are both mentioned! Along with Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, etc which are shown, and Mancala is also seen. I won't spoil it by describing what's going on here, but both contexts in which Igo equipment appears are very interesting, it's a Kakegurui prequel that's only 6 24 minute episodes long so well worth watching for the Igo context. The picture above shows Igo bowls next to a Shogi board, the scene below panes down to a 19x19 Igo board.

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Author:  Elom0 [ Sun Oct 23, 2022 11:24 pm ]
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Wonder Egg Priority, the context strongly implies they're playing Igo not Gomoku!

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Author:  Elom0 [ Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:16 am ]
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derkberklin wrote:
Saw this incredible dance and song centered on go in Street Dance of China (also shared on /r/baduk)

Timestamp (25:51): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km_gQaLCBco&t=1551s


'Never regret the stone once played', that advice will make a kyu player 5 stones stronger, I learned so much it felt like a 9 Dan Professional was teaching . . . Amazing!

Author:  Elom0 [ Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:07 am ]
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My sister discovered that the Opening of Classroom of the Elite Season 2 involves a Go board with realistic position that changes every episode. Check it out!

Author:  Elom0 [ Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:40 am ]
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Artist's impression of Yoshihara Habu and Iyama Yuta

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3 members of AKB48 learn Igo while 3 members of Angel learn Shogi

Author:  bugcat [ Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:49 pm ]
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https://youtu.be/YGZ8494DsRE?t=436

In his interview with Steve Rinella of the hunting show MeatEater, Joe Rogan said, in the context of discussing the advanced state of China's military AI capabilities:

"They're comparing right now, like, computers now that can beat people in the game Go, which I don't really understand but apparently it's very sophisticated"

Author:  John Fairbairn [ Wed Dec 28, 2022 5:03 pm ]
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In the above pic, it is not Habu but Watanabe Akira (the shogi Meijin), and the pic is comparing the earnings of the top player in shogi (81,940,000 yen) and go (133,850,000 yen - almost a million dollars) in 2021 (which was a pandemic-affected year BTW).

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