Lose/Lose

dmcg · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:31

Is this the most crazy game ever ? lol

Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the application itself is deleted.

http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/

Alex74 · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:34

haha love the idea

won't be trying it on here though

Razor-BladE · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:34

'with real life consequences'
Not exactly real life though lol.

PixelChef · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:35

lol wtf. Interesting idea, but I can't see why anyone would play it with risk of losing valuable files.

Razor-BladE · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:36

Oh wait... i just followed the link and read it.
'KILLING ALIENS IN LOSE/LOSE WILL DELETE FILES ON YOUR HARDDRIVE PERMANANTLY' :eek:

That's not good..
For anyone who's done a fresh OS install with no files, could try this?

PixelChef · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:38

Razor-BladE said:
Oh wait... i just followed the link and read it.
'KILLING ALIENS IN LOSE/LOSE WILL DELETE FILES ON YOUR HARDDRIVE PERMANANTLY' That's not good..
For anyone who's done a fresh OS install with no files, could try this?

Could still delete system files etc and break your OS install

Tefal · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:39

Razor-BladE said:
'with real life consequences'
Not exactly real life though lol.

i dunno deleting you dissertation the day before it ended to be handed in would be pretty real life

orderoftheflame · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:40

Virtual machine time methinks.

Razor-BladE · 7 Jun 2010 at 19:43

oL said:
Could still delete system files etc and break your OS install

Then reinstall again

Tefal said:
i dunno deleting you dissertation the day before it ended to be handed in would be pretty real life

Yeah when i posted that i just read the OP, and i thought it just meant the game file.

Peterpoose · 7 Jun 2010 at 20:13

lol i can bet you would get very good at that game in a short time frame.

pre · 7 Jun 2010 at 20:22

Reminds me of the old win 3.1 game "Inner Space" - albeit slightly more insane/drastic.

iviv · 7 Jun 2010 at 20:50

What this game really needs is multiplayer!

PixelChef · 7 Jun 2010 at 21:34

iviv said:
What this game really needs is multiplayer!

First one to break their opponent's computer wins

Shamikebab · 7 Jun 2010 at 23:36

Surely this has to break some kind of privacy law? I mean should a game have access to your computer files?

crisbduck · 7 Jun 2010 at 23:40

For winning your files are deleted.. great idea

AMG · 8 Jun 2010 at 00:14

what........

I be bothered with reinstalling my OS every time I lose the game

p)

npjnpj · 8 Jun 2010 at 11:14

Does really nobody spot the April Fool's on this one?

Klo · 8 Jun 2010 at 12:23

Might have to chuck this onto a uni computer!

Repta · 8 Jun 2010 at 12:26

Would it be wrong if i stuck this on one of my flatmates laptops?

Evilsod · 8 Jun 2010 at 12:29

Repta said:
Would it be wrong if i stuck this on one of my flatmates laptops?

Only if he had some files you probably shouldn't delete (and is unlikely to stab you while you sleep

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