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TehMac

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Kind of dumb. The whole point of games is to vent aggressive behavior. Good games will let you vent aggressive behavior and reward you if you do it smart. :D
 

JSt0rm

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Sep 5, 2000
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I guess if you were planning on reformatting you could play that until your comp boinks
 

Maximilian

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Feb 8, 2004
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Heh, this could be fun... Give it to someone you dont like much and say you got 10,000 points or whatever and brag that they cant beat it, when they come back later to brag they did beat it ask how their mp3 collection is hahaha.

It dosent go after system files does it?
 

TridenT

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Sep 4, 2006
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Originally posted by: Maximilian
Heh, this could be fun... Give it to someone you dont like much and say you got 10,000 points or whatever and brag that they cant beat it, when they come back later to brag they did beat it ask how their mp3 collection is hahaha.

It dosent go after system files does it?

Probably just does any random files on the C: drive...
 

coldmeat

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Originally posted by: thecrecarc
arvernus slaughtered 4912 alien(s)


Um... who would seriously do this?

From the article it sounds like it's meant to be "art".
 

Bateluer

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Jun 23, 2001
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Uh, no. There are files on my computer that I really really need to save. No way in hell I want this thing blowing away my research papers or military documents.
 

pontifex

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"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 and awarded for using it, that doing so is right?"

sounds like more pussification of america
 

Shadowknight

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Originally posted by: pontifex
"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 and awarded for using it, that doing so is right?"

sounds like more pussification of america

The big problem with this quote is that the game-maker doesn't understand that the point of a game is to play it. What possible reason would you play a game that punishes you for trying to win?
 

Markbnj

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Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Originally posted by: pontifex
"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 and awarded for using it, that doing so is right?"

sounds like more pussification of america

The big problem with this quote is that the game-maker doesn't understand that the point of a game is to play it. What possible reason would you play a game that punishes you for trying to win?

Exactly. Aggression is in the nature of every contest, whether it's a shootout or a debating match. Without opposing forces there is no contest, and without contest there is no resolution of winners and losers. That's what a game is. I assume this guy's project is meant to be nothing more than a philosophical statement.