[kylenstone]

This morning, I read about a new video game called "Lose/lose" with a bizarre system of negative reinforcement behind it:

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Lose/Lose is a video-game with real lifeconsequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random fileon the players computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it isbased on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the applicationitself is deleted.

lthough touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, andkilling aliens awards points, the aliens will never actually fire atthe player. This calls into question the player's mission, which isnever 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/Losebroaches bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of itdiminishes, yet, at the same time, it becomes increasingly important inour lives. At what point does our virtual data become as important tous as physical possessions? If we have reached that point already, whatreal objects do we value less than our data? What implications doestrusting something so important to something we understand so poorlyhave?

(Source: http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/)

I'm NOT recommending that anybody play this game. Unless you install it on a friend's computer

[coastie65]

I'm a Gamer, but I'll pass on that one. As for playing on a friends computer, it had better be a not so close friend's computer. Perhaps someone who borrowed money and has forgotten to repay it?

This post has been edited by coastie65: 22 August 2010 - 06:11 AM

[waldojim]

That is really screwed up! sounds like something worth firing up in a VM

[Kenocar]

coastie65, on 13 October 2009 - 07:45 AM, said:

I'm a Gamer, but I'll pass on that one. As for playing on a friends computer, it had better be a not so close friend's computer. Perhaps someone who borroed money and has forgotten to repay it?

How about a connection with your bank account or credit card?

If you lose, it costs you a hundred bucks.

If you win, you get a free credit the next time you lose.

[coastie65]

I dunno, it seems as though Fallout 3 makes you think before acting, as there are consequences with whatever decision you make. A new as yet unreleased game " Heavy Rain ", will make you stop playing and think, as the decisions you make can have dire consequences. Once a Character is dead, that is it, there is no coming back, they are gone for good as in real life. This is completely opposite of say GTA where you run down or gun down people and there are no consequences for doing so.

[Feardom]

The only way to win is to not play the game.

[Win7boy]

[quote name='coastie65' timestamp='1255448726' post='274296']
I'm a Gamer, but I'll pass on that one. As for playing on a friends computer, it had better be a not so close friend's computer. Perhaps someone who borroed money and has forgotten to repay it?


Thats actually a pretty good reason

This post has been edited by Win7boy: 15 August 2010 - 12:35 PM

[AceSim]

The only way i would play that game is if i torrent the game LOL!