Previous lifelike human characters had been pre-rendered.

Still, Israeli directors are making more of an effort to entertain as well, working harder to fit lifelike characters around bigger themes of sexual and religious politics.

"I lean toward realistic, 'lifelike' characters - that is to say, people - in realistically detailed situations," he writes.

They come from a parade of minor characters far more lifelike than Wyatt himself.

Medea is generally agreed to be the most interesting and lifelike character in the poem yet even she may be considered unconvincing in some respects.

In a version distributed by Sega, lifelike characters win points by ripping out the spinal columns and severing the limbs of their opponents.

Teams of computer special effects artists create 3-D digital models of lifelike characters, realistic sets and vast landscapes.

But the lifelike characters in "Case Histories" are what make it such a compelling hybrid: part complex family drama, part mystery.

Like now we can't have compelling lifelike artificial characters in the game, but wait till we get AI.

In particular, he noted that Wilson provided a convincing view of 1940s London and her lifelike characters.