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Brainwave Controlled Game From Square Enix

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-can-think-it-you-can-do-it dept.

zombies-alive writes "Square Enix and Neurosky, maker of wearable sensory equipment, are coming out with a new 'Brainwave-Controlled' RPG. The game will be demonstrated at the Tokyo Game Show for the (Windows) PC, which features the NeuroSky MindSet headset. At this moment, the headset only detects the gamer's level of concentration and relaxation by means of a single electrode placed on the forehead."

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  1. Why? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, now tell me how this helps me slaughter n00bs more efficiently.

    1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      and people who are good will be even better after they figure out hooking a battery to the thing fixes it right up.

      or sticking the electrode on a cat.

    2. Re:Why? by RuBLed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Unlocked technique: Carebear Stare

      This technique requires an enourmous amount of concentration and relaxation at the same time. Only applicable to NeuroSky MindSet users.

      You don't believe me? Try aiming while doing that.

    3. Re:Why? by kamikazearun · · Score: 2, Funny

      OK, now tell me how this helps me slaughter n00bs more efficiently.

      It doesn't. You'll still need to take advantage of their lag.

    4. Re:Why? by Yvanhoe · · Score: 4, Funny

      You don't get it. This is for dating simulations

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    5. Re:Why? by pimpimpim · · Score: 2, Funny

      Doesn't this require an additional output device on your belly?

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  2. But what happens when... by Malevolyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Windows crashes and accidentally erases your mind?

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    1. Re:But what happens when... by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

      accidentally?

    2. Re:But what happens when... by Scoldog · · Score: 2, Funny

      Reboot, Reformat, Reinstall!

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    3. Re:But what happens when... by neo8750 · · Score: 3, Funny

      you mean the Blue Seizure of Death

    4. Re:But what happens when... by Sam00 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Accidental "Memory dumps" is a bug that still needs to be solved. It might take some time since the QA testers are trying to remember who they are right now.

  3. Ah but... by simaolation · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...do I wear my aluminum foil over or under this electrode?

    1. Re:Ah but... by Khyber · · Score: 2, Funny

      Under, so it can transmit back to the base console but not wipe your mind sporadically. :)

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  4. Re:helps in concentration? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could probably do Ms Pacman blindfolded :)

    oooh kinky ;)

  5. Re:So the game has support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For bending spoony bards rather.

  6. finally! by Digitus1337 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A way to look more nerdy while playing an RPG!

  7. Meh ... wait until you see virtual sex by Rick+Bentley · · Score: 5, Funny

    The entirety of the wealth generated by the Internet, all Software ever written, and every piece of adult content ever generated, will pale in comparison to the wealth generated when you can download into your brain a sexual fantasy that seems completely real. In fact, this may be man kind's last invention.

    "No time to work on that, I just finished my custom simulation of Planet Bigboner, which is populated exclusively by 19-year-old-Claudia-Schiffer-Nymphomaniac-Clones who all worship me as their Great Deity. Sometimes I am a just and fair God, sometimes an angry one. I will be playing this until I die or they turn off my power, now go away and don't interrupt my simulation or I will kill you."

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  8. Re:So the game has support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For bending spoony bards rather.

    Son of a submariner! I wanted to use that line!

  9. Forehead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "At this moment, the headset only detects the gamer's level of concentration and relaxation by means of a single electrode placed on the forehead." If I wanted to know how you are concentrating or relaxing, the forehead is not where I would put that single electrode...