1. Topics in AI: Applied Natural Language Processing Information Extraction and Recommender Systems for Video Games Review Adjectives November 16, 2009

2. Data Subset of 3,074 reviews tagged 61,995 words tagged as adjectives Actual adjectives, usernames, gibberish, numbers Eliminated anything used fewer than 20 times Lower count words generally too rare, part of usernames, etc. Kept words relating to size, pace, ease, uniqueness, experience, aesthetic qualities Now: 1,141 adjectives

3. Most Common Adjectives Mostly related to ease, size, pace, uniqueness 1.Easy [16,094] 2.Short [13,710] 3.Big [12,922] 4.Long [12,560] 5.Huge [9,639] 6.Simple [9,274] 7.Unique [8,777] 8.Special [8,385] 9.Small [8,179] 10.Difficult [8,091]

4. Least Common Adjectives More domain-specific terms than elsewhere in the list 943.City-building [33] 1037.User-friendly [28] 1049.Inventory-based [27] 1082.Moddable [24] 1113.Lag-free [22]

5. Middle Words More evocative/interesting 507.Campy [130] 531.Horrifying [116] 582.Sterile [97] 633.Theatrical [84] 652.Cerebral [75] 661.Harrowing [72] 664.Mazelike [70]