Physical toys transport characters into either of these gaming experiences.

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More references to physical contact between the male characters were dropped.

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From talking with a older version of ourselves, to having advertisements that are automatically populated with characters that mimic some of our physical characteristics to sell us soda or clothes.

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Nitsch's fondness for retro visualizations don't end there, however, he also created a system that superimposes a gaggle of characters in the wake of a physical paintbrush using a Kinect and a projector.

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The director, Bryan Singer, builds the characters and then lets the action flow from their special physical skills.

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Players invent their own simulated characters (hence, "sims")--choosing gender, personality, physical appearance, job, house, car, appliances and so forth--that live in a neighborhood with other sims and interact with them.

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