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Reedo writes: "If you enjoy gaming and pain, this is for you. Two German designers have developed the Painstation, which is basically a revamped Pong. Except for one major difference - The PEU(Pain Execution Unit), which delivers a dose of pain to your left hand in the form of heat, punches or electroshock, when you mess up."
In Never Say Never again, like the world domination game. Wasn't that guy a German too.
If only we could wire this up to remotely do the same to Bill gates every time Windows crashes...
PoIP (Pain over IP) protocol. Coming to an RFC near you.
Download MAME
Download Pong ROM
Buy Hammer
Thwack self on hand with hammer on death.
Rinse, lather, repeat until hand becomes bloody stump.
TODO: Something witty here...
... but it only plays R&B albums and Burt Reynolds movies. Use of the pain sender is optional during DVD or CD playback.
my friends do this to me all the time, especially when playing videogames.
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The funniest part was about the idiots who stuck to it because they didn't want to back down in front of an audience. This game will be great at separating showy meatheads from people who listen to their inner Pavlov despite their vanity.
"Yeah, but I didn't know you were going to be giving me electric shocks... just what are you trying to prove here, anyway?"
Indeed.
From The Princess Bride
You can't sue us because you got carpal tunnel syndrome. Thats a FEATURE OF THIS KEYBOARD!!! Marketing information has clearly shown that people who work with computer equipment WANT to be in pain.
-Restil
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Research being wasted on silly projects like this should instead be focused on voice recognition, speech synthesis, and other computer interface technologies that will finally allow us to eliminate the torturous tools that are the modern keyboard and mouse. My friend, who once commanded a six-figure salary coding C++ for a large development firm, has been crippled by these implements and now has to struggle with demeaning part-time jobs in order to put food on the table. I would hate to see this happen to somebody again. We must throw off the shackles of the typing paradigm.
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A lot of people have been insulting this, and asking why in the world anyone would play it, but it seems pretty obvious to me. Pain makes your body produce adrenalin, which would definitely heighten the gaming experience. It's not like the pain this machine delivers is extremely intense--but it should be enough to get your endorphins pumping and get your cheeks flushed and make you enjoy the game THAT much more when you win. Sure, it's not for you wusses who wouldn't play the pain game back in grade school, but who wants to play with people who can't take the consequences of losing anyway? :)
Personally, I'd like to see a study that pits the enjoyment derived from regular pong vs. pain-pong. I wouldn't be surprised if people reported a much higher level of enjoyment during pain-pong, even if they lost some of the time.
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At first I thought it was Microsoft changing the name of their X-Box to compete with the Playstation.
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Zelda fan AND female. Marry me. Pain optional.
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
If they were going to go all retro with this you'd think they'd at least do an electronic clone of Operation...
~shiny
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What's wrong with just smacking your opponent immediately after the game? It's worked for centuries!
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Erm... Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't Pong already painful enough?
That would be Pang.
pang (png) n. 1. A sudden sharp spasm of pain. 2. A sudden, sharp feeling of emotional distress.
> All I read here are negative comments! What's so
> bad about this? In the arcades in the UK, we
> have a stupid game where you hold a metal bars
> with your hand, you put the money in, and hold
> onto them for as long as possible. What they do
> is vibrate extremely quickly and ends up getting
> your hands hot, and then it feels like your
> whole arm has gone numb. Whoever holds longest
> wins. Same thing.
Now we know why the British government held out as long as it did before paying worker's compensation for vibration white finger.
There are but weeks to go; time to start reviewing other 04/01 RFCs for further inspiration....
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One of the problems with the FuckU-FuckMe is that it's so straightlaced. It's good to see technology advancing to address the needs of people who are into S&M.
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So, just yesterday I was having a conversation with this guy from the Netherlands, and he was telling me how weird the Germans are. I told him they seemed pretty much like everyone else to me. Today, I'm not so sure.
But hey, if you want to be involved with activities where there is potential for pain if you mess up, may I suggest the following:
- Mountain Biking: Ever seen the "radius" seperated from the "ulna" and sticking "out of the arm"? Mmmm. Compound fractures.
- Rock climbing: You'll probably be saved from most permanent injury by clipping in, but it doesn't always stop people from breaking both kneecaps on a bad fall.
- In-line skating: Actually, ice skating can work too, but gravel or pavement are better surfaces for abrasive punishment on top of impact punishment. They absorb blood better, too.
- Playing with Microwave/EM Cores. What's that smell? Liver? (Don't do this. Seriously. Don't.)
- Dating: Nothing gives good internal pain without permanant damage like dating (well, maybe not permanent).
- River rafting: I'll never forget my dislocated shoulder. Sigh.
Really, I don't know why adding pain to an activity is an accomplishment. Sure, it makes the "stakes" more real, but if you want real stakes, do something real.Tweet, tweet.