{"id":3252794,"date":"2018-11-13T17:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3252794"},"modified":"2018-11-13T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:08:58","slug":"hitg-004-npcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-004-npcs","title":{"rendered":"HitG 004: NPCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3252795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/hitg\/hitg-004-npcs\/attachment\/head_in_the_game_004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head_in_the_game_004\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-800x800.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3252795\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Head_in_the_game_004.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time to turn our attention to the\u00a0<em>other<\/em> group of people who occupy your games: NPCs. What approaches do you take to making them? How do you bring them to life? And why are some of them so evil?<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_795\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20004%20NPCs.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('795','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20004%20NPCs.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Head%20In%20The%20Game\/HitG%20004%20NPCs.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3252794-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a 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