The NZA Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 "Killing aliens in LOSE/LOSE will delete files from your hard drive permanently" Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the application itself is deleted. Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at through classic game mechanics. 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 an awarded for using it, that doing so is right? By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. At what point does our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data? What implications does trusting something so important to something we understand so poorly have? KILLING ALIENS IN LOSE/LOSE WILL DELETE FILES ON YOUR HARDDRIVE PERMANANTLY its been coined the "digital russian roulette". who's down? i uh, i just need to go back up my drive first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spycer Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Sounds fantastic. I wanna play. Can I play on this work computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Oh boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spycer Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I needz this on a thumb drive, so when people ask me to fix their computers I can fix them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Sounds fantastic. I wanna play. Can I play on this work computer? i was thinking this, or a public library, if you wanna be a dick. i guess i could do this and then system restore, but i think itd be safer on my main PC before i upgrade to windows 7 proper. then again, there's no fun in that! i tip my hat to the guy at neoGAF who shot down his own ongoing thesis. there stood a man, weeping or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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