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Games That Shoot Back
syousef writes "A shooting game that shoots back, delivering electric shocks through the player's hips when they're shot, is being used for recruitment (Hey shooting people is fun) and training by the U.S. military. There's talk of developing it into a PC game. Here's a quote from the article: 'It has the same power as a stun gun. It knocks you down. You have to continue to work through the pain and keep on fighting, as that is what you need to do - to keep on fighting even when wounded.' I guess in Soviet America, games shoot you. How many law suits would this cause based on unknown heart conditions? I also hope there's some sort of built-in safety in case the thing starts to zap you repeatedly. (Deadly endless loop, anyone?)"
If this is brought to the PC games, I hope they also include a suicide feature so that I can finish myself or team mates who are suffering from electric shock.
"Timmy, forget about the TK rules, kill me please, please!"
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
America's Army Part II -- The Final Recruitment. If you manage to live through this video game you are worthy of a sandy death.
Peter: I got an idea, an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about.
Someone forgot to turn the safety protocols back on.
An MMORPG that knocks you out by electric shock and steals your clothes and jewelry, etc. when you die in-game? Realism isn't always a *good* thing. I would prefer not to be shocked while playing Counter-Strike, please.
Next.
It's all fun and games until someone does a headshot and 1000V runs through your entire body!
Try harder next time
Music is everybody's possession.
It's only publishers who think that people own it.
Fuck Beta
~John Lenno
Worst.
Playstation.
Accessory.
Ever.
Call me when they have a peripheral to go with Hentai games.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
This is an incredibly electrifying development. The gaming community must be arcing with excitement! I, for one, simply cannot wait to be plugged into such action and adventure. Not to mention all of the amped up individuals bolting to recruiting stations to try their hand. This kind of technology blows away all of the current games by far. Let's hope that development is met with little resistance and that the capacitance of the developers' creativity is immeasurable.
(Yes, I know, it's horrible. The line to shoot me starts over there. *point*)
Mattel created a device that would shock gamers a long time ago for the NES. They called it the Power Glove.
...increase their market share...
I'm not sure you quite understand how euthanasia works...
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
DRM. You can download anything you want for free, provided the RIAA gets to shock you on a per megabyte basis - negative conditioning.
Educational games. Kids are hooked up to the computer and the computer quizzes them, zapping them every time they make a mistake.
Extreme games - apply the electrodes to areas of the body much more sensitive than they would otherwise be attached to.
Exercise games - electrodes attached such that they automatically stimulate and tone the muscles while you work/play.
I could go on, but i'll spare you.
I guess even sex-crazed demonic octopi need love.
In the event of cadiac arrest the computer will automatically re-start your heart, call the paramedics, reserve a room at the hospital, notify your family, and cancel your dinner reservations. That is unless the game locks up.
Lag would also be a pain if it happens right when you die.
No one of consequence
You should be charged with battery and kept in a cell.
That's it for me, I'm going ohm now.
while(1)
{
shockuser();
}
No chance of overflow with this loop.
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
"We've developed some innovative new ideas for this game," stated Mark Davidson, project manager for the Battlestar Linux effort. "Our game will be set in an environment of post-World War 3 New York, with the city engulfed in violence from scattered rebel groups, gangs, warlords, and other nice characters. What sets this game apart from other games is a new USB we are producing that will make the gameplay feel more real. Attachments that go to a skullcap, waistband, wrist- and ankle-straps, will provide an electric shock whenever the player is 'shot' by an electrical weapon such as the raygun or cellblaster. Gas burners installed in these straps will engulf the player in real flames if the player is shot with a flamethrower. Explosives placed in a pack, worn on the player's back, will blow the player up if the player is hit with a grenade or rocket. Finally, a system of shotguns, strategically placed around the room in a surround-sound fashion, will shoot real bullets at the player when the player is hit by bullets in the game. Our effort is intended to give new meaning to the term 'virtual reality.'"
People familiar with the matter suggest the game will only be available for Linux, a first for operating system vendor Microsoft, which usually makes applications available only for the Wintel platform and for the Mac.
"Who will be the first to write malware that actually kills people?"
I hear ya. I'm so sick of malware that burns up motherboards.
"Derp de derp."
Better:
/* imaginary register for shock intensity */ /* imaginary register for shock enable */ /* imaginary register for shock status */
:"=r" (i) \
:"r" (k) \
:"eax") \ /* return status from register */
/* lets increase the dosage every time we shock */
/* we never get here */
/* fake, pseudo-asm */
#define _shock(mag) __asm__ volitile \
("movl %0,%%sri \
mov $1,%%sre \
movl %%srs,%eax \
movl %eax,%1" \
#define _unshock() __asm__ volitile \
("movw $0,%%sri")
int main(void){
long magnitude;
int status;
for (magnitude = 10; magnitude != 0; magnitude *= 2){
if (!(status = shock(magnitude))) return EXIT_FAILURE;
sleep(1);
if ((status = unshock())) return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
It might not work, but at least the idea is sadistic enough...
> Can you say, "Wheel of Misfortune"?
no I can't, every time I tried to say it I got interupted, because the 1990s called, and they wanted their phrase back.
You've gone too far-radically too far - with the appaling punnage. They are so bad, it hertz...
...but don't they already have electric fences?
Player:"hey, I got shot, where's the sho*zzzt*"
He was talking about the Nazi soldiers. Of course, the Americans could kill 3 enemies with a single spit while somersaulting out of a burning building with a broken leg and a pretty French girl on the shoulder... It's all documented quite well in WWII Hollywood movies.
Fights are the last refuge of the idiot
From my experience fighting is the first refuge of the idiot.
Cheers
Stor
"Yeah well there's a lot of stuff that should be, but isn't"
sweet merciful crap, you guys think too much.
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know when your gonna get food poisoning.
oh yeah...and in the near future on Windows update :
..some time later...
***user plays game, gets addicted to it and goes to anonymous website to download a new map***
"Windows had downloaded a security patch that will prevent a third party from gaining access to your computer and shocking you repeatedly. Click OK to update Windows."
***user clicks OK***
The following dialog pops up on screen:
"SUCKA! W1nD0z3 1s 4 n00bZ! I 0wn yoo n0w! Choose your hairstyle : Popcorn or Spikes"
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
That's hardly a fair statement... Think too much? C'mon, it's written in C...
"Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.