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  • Disrespect the Priminister by giving a lousy gift of non-playable DVDs

    Sometimes, I miss Tony Blair. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • A.I. is programmed into almost every aspect of a video game, from the way non-playable characters NPCs act, interact, and react in the world around them to the paths birds fly across the sky.

    Does True A.I. Exist in Video Games? 2009

  • A player typically enters an environment, explores it to find objects and/or non-playable characters to interact with, and encounters some sort of puzzle that must be solved in order to progress to the next area or plot point to repeat the process.

    A Tale of Two Adventures Sean Beanland 2009

  • A player typically enters an environment, explores it to find objects and/or non-playable characters to interact with, and encounters some sort of puzzle that must be solved in order to progress to the next area or plot point to repeat the process.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Sean Beanland 2009

  • The updated graphics and game play look intense, the new characters look intense and word that the non-playable boss characters will make it from the arcade version to the console game is icing.

    Street Fighter IV “definitely” coming this winter « Boy Genius Report 2008

  • In addition, Metzen thought the non-playable fantasy characters could be fashioned to have short but appealing tales to tell when a player engaged them.

    Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2011

  • A non-playable retainer character will also maintain item sales as well as provide item storage while the user is logged out for free, with additional retainers costing 70p (€1) per month.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • In "The Passing," players will meet up with the original Left 4 Dead's survivors, Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis, who will appear as non-playable characters.

    Fragland :: Everything Speed 2010

  • In "The Passing," players will meet up with the original Left 4 Dead's survivors, Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis, who will appear as non-playable characters.

    Fragland :: Everything Speed 2010

  • A non-playable retainer character will also maintain item sales as well as provide item storage while the user is logged out for free, with additional retainers costing 70p (€1) per month.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

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