yxz Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 format c: > lose/lose 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vivicidal- Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Nice idea - crazy if you play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Run it on a virtual machine, make snapshots, restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammers Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hah, I like. Trying to forget this incase I ever come home drunk and feel the urge to try it. Run it on a virtual machine, make snapshots, restore. Well that ruins the thrill of it doesn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 lol best idea ever (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreenbhm Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Is it for Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Eye Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Oh goodie an interactive virus!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSteyrAug Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 24, 2009 Administrators Share Posted September 24, 2009 Awesome, yet crazy idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokthraka Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 cant wait till windows 7 is shipped. gonna have fun getting rid of vista on this laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 ****ing epic. :laugh: especially after seeing the high scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 HAHA that is pretty great. Like playing Russian Roulette with your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted September 24, 2009 Member Share Posted September 24, 2009 So bassicaly get to the end of the game without killing any aliens :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapadlo Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 So tempting to try on a computer at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted September 24, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 24, 2009 Love the high score list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at through classic game mechanics. Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land? Why do we assume that because we are given a weapon an awarded for using it, that doing so is right? By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. 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? What implications does trusting something so important to something we understand so poorly have? is the author trying to make a point 0_o what does the question of wether or not its right to kill the aliens have anything to do with how we are dependent on technology? it sounds like an excuse for him to delete other people's files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridlas Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 So tempting to try on a computer at work! IKNORITE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 install it on your friends computer and bet him $20 he cant beat 2000 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicwin Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 is the author trying to make a point 0_owhat does the question of wether or not its right to kill the aliens have anything to do with how we are dependent on technology? it sounds like an excuse for him to delete other people's files i thikn the point is are we willing to delete random bytes of data from our hardrive for fun, are those bytes of data really as important as your real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokthraka Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 i thikn the point is are we willing to delete random bytes of data from our hardrive for fun, are those bytes of data really as important as your real life well depending on what you do they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounty Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Strange game.. the only winning move is not to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted October 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2009 Now that's a fun and interactive way of deleting random files on your computer. Who would've thought doing something like that would be so fun? Certainly not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Most likely AV products in the future will classify this as an interactive virus of some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NfoTech Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I tried it. It didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyoncmdr Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I tried it. It didn't work. ARe you running as an administrator in Vsta or Win7? Could be that it is picking a file that you can't access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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