lose lose

touch · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:01

Aliens are coming!!!!!

Their process to subliminally control us and make us accept them as our new overlords has begun :O

Begbie · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:01

Fail, might try it though. Or send it to a mate!

Anksy · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:03

Begbie said:
Or send it to a mate!

Nice idea

Dark_Angel · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:05

I wonder how long it will be before someone hacks it and releases a version without the warning about the file deletion.

gillywibble · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:24

Ooooh, self trained virus.

The Halk · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:26

Erm, does it actually delete files?

craig3000 · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:26

I saw a youtube video of this!!!! I'm sure it was on wired.com for some reason, funny as hell though, when you shoot the aliens it just tells you the extension of the file it has deleted XD

Vonhelmet · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:26

There used to be a Doom mod where each enemy was a process on the machine. Each time you killed an enemy it killed the relevant process. See how far you can get before your machine crashes!

OldComputerGuy7 · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:29

That's a odd and interesting concept but i cant see people actually wanting files to be deleted, plus there is also the problem if someone who does not read the instructions could get this game and ruin his/her computer lol.

Vonhelmet · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:30

Hells teeth, it's got a Mac port and everything.

*deletes*

Fegruson · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:32

Can't see how to install it on Windows

Fegruson · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:33

craig3000 said:
I saw a youtube video of this!!!! I'm sure it was on wired.com for some reason, funny as hell though, when you shoot the aliens it just tells you the extension of the file it has deleted XD

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-09/22/the-computer-game-that-destroys-your-files.aspx

ordinaryjoe · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:46

The person in the video lost and the game wasn't deleted :/

whitecrook · 2 Oct 2009 at 19:51

wow. That's an old concept.

psDoom did this about 15 years ago.

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/

http://psdoom.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

craig3000 · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:03

Fegruson said:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-09/22/the-computer-game-that-destroys-your-files.aspx

Yay I do have a good memory

Westyfield2 · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:25

*Now has something to do if bored at work*

Though only in a new VM, anything else wouldn't be the cleverest idea ever!

Might have a play at home when formatting 7 RC to put on the full retail copy.

arknor · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:34

At what point does our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data

at the point when you need to spend a few hours in the real world reinstalling windows and all your software :rolleyes:

iviv · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:51

They need to make a multiplayer version. Shooting opponents deletes files from their hard drive!

That'd sort out the men from the boys!

mac1st3 · 2 Oct 2009 at 20:59

iviv said:
They need to make a multiplayer version. Shooting opponents deletes files from their hard drive!

That'd sort out the men from the boys!

I love it!

stoobar · 2 Oct 2009 at 23:28

so has anyone tried it yet?