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~Beyond the Border~ => Akyu's Arcade => Topic started by: GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em on December 22, 2009, 03:08:39 AM

Title: lose/lose
Post by: GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em on December 22, 2009, 03:08:39 AM: http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFQp0NJ_ai8

This game sounds pretty... interesting. Basicly it creates aliens based on random files on your computer, but if you shoot the alien down then the file they represent is deleted forever. The site describes it better than I can, though.

Though personally I'm too worried I'll accidently end up killing a file I don't want deleted if I play it.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Shizumarashi Mayuzumi on December 22, 2009, 03:13:03 AM: That... sounds like a really good way to hose your OS install unless it avoids choosing stuff from places like C:Windows and the site just doesn't mention that.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Chaore on December 22, 2009, 03:16:34 AM: How stupid would you have to be to PLAY this game?

I'm slightly interested if it can delete itself, though.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Shizumarashi Mayuzumi on December 22, 2009, 03:18:02 AM: Quote from: Chaore on December 22, 2009, 03:16:34 AM
I'm slightly interested if it can delete itself, though.

Apparently it does when you lose. Dunno if it can do it mid-play.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Fetch()tirade on December 22, 2009, 03:18:17 AM: Quote from: Arashi Kurobara on December 22, 2009, 03:13:03 AM
That... sounds like a really good way to hose your OS install unless it avoids choosing stuff from places like C:\Windows\ and the site just doesn't mention that.

Quote from: Cris1466415846, a Youtube user
C:\Windows\System32

I am not shitting you.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Chaore on December 22, 2009, 03:19:52 AM: Apparently someone has killed 5023 of their own files looking at the website.

I'm not sure to be amazed the computer held itself up that long, or that it even HAD that many files.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em on December 22, 2009, 03:20:35 AM: Quote from: Chaore on December 22, 2009, 03:19:52 AM
Apparently someone has killed 5023 of their own files looking at the website.

I'm not sure to be amazed the computer held itself up that long, or that it even HAD that many files.
Maybe they cheated. Or they're a sadist towards files.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Shizumarashi Mayuzumi on December 22, 2009, 03:21:15 AM: Quote from: Flashtirade on December 22, 2009, 03:18:17 AM
[quoting guy on Youtube]

Well, that answers that. :V

EDIT: Re-watching the video, potentially interesting point: it looks like the sprite of the enemy depends on the filetype.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: nintendonut888 on December 22, 2009, 03:28:50 AM: To give it credit, it's one of the few original ideas out there. :V
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: dustyjo on December 22, 2009, 05:37:11 AM: It's Mac only.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Shizumarashi Mayuzumi on December 22, 2009, 05:38:56 AM: I could try to trick my boyfriend into running it on his Macbook but that would be mean. =P

EDIT: OH GOD I could give it to my sister.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Doomsday on December 22, 2009, 10:35:31 AM: Oh wow. It's original ill give it that, but you would have to be drunk, mad and stupid to seriously try to clear that.

Could come in handy though ;)
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Xelotath on December 22, 2009, 07:26:42 PM: The only way to win is to lose. That way the stupid game deletes itself and you keep your files! Or you don't play it.
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: orinrin on December 23, 2009, 12:24:05 AM: To lose? Or not to win? Either way you are pretty much SOL as soon as you kill your first enemy.
We should donate to a computer to the person with the highest score... And have them play the game again to reach an even higher score. ;D
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Bananamatic on December 23, 2009, 12:26:49 AM: I'm going to play this at school, but not before telling my entire class about this awesome game :V
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: orinrin on December 23, 2009, 12:54:06 AM: Quote from: Bananamatic on December 23, 2009, 12:26:49 AM
I'm going to play this at school, but not before telling my entire class about this awesome game :V
Wait... playing this on a school computer? That is insane and truly brilliant at the same time.
Tell your teachers to play this before they finish grading. ;)
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: Suikama on December 23, 2009, 02:08:41 AM: Quote from: Xelotath on December 22, 2009, 07:26:42 PM
The only way to win is to lose. That way the stupid game deletes itself and you keep your files! Or you don't play it.
. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames)
Title: Re: lose/lose
Post by: beaver1231 on December 23, 2009, 06:15:46 AM: "The only winning move is not to play."