Re: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher
Hi, Lol! I love the allusion! Now all we need is a pirates den and a chest. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ben Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 2:18 PM To: 'Ken the Crazy'; 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher Sounds like a great idea for an actual game man! Why don't you actually do it! -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ken the Crazy Sent: 17 March 2011 08:56 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher "Do you have to make us want to snatch the game off your > computer right now?" You're tired of hearing so much about that great new game, so you invent technologies that will allow you to enter the person's computer and snatch that new game. Upon entering the computer though, you discover that your plans had been found out, and a confusing labyrinth of twisty little passages that all look alike is laid out before you, with the game tucked away at its center. Furthermore, the game designer wrote special little bugs that, if you get attacked by one, cause all kinds of unpredictable occurrences, such as hard drive reboots, or the posting of your ridiculously low game scores to everyone on your favorite mailing lists, or an infinite loop where you get to do nothing else for all eternity except play Beep. There are also viruses that simply waste your computer's resources by counting to ten over and over, causing your computer to overheat. Fortunately, you've got weapons, and collect more as you go, starting with the virus net and bug swatter. If you get too close to the center, where the game is, the developer, counting on your frustration with the increasing number of pests, provides you with a flame thrower. You use it successfully for a while, but be careful or you'll burn up the game and it's secret installer program. (the dev has the game backed up on a second drive, so he doesn't care.) As you approach the center, new dangers await, and you're zapped by a ray that turns you into a little creature in the physical computer, and you find yourself face to face with the computer's fans, which can chop you up, the high-voltage power supply which can cook you to a crisp, and the hard drive--which won't hurt you, but can be damaged by you if you're not careful. Zap! You're just data again. Plug your virtual cable into the computer's processor and start snatching that game and... Oh no! It's the police--the spyware busters! They've detected unauthorized activity, and they know how to wipe out punks like you, and you don't have any weapons to use on them. You can hurry up the data transfer by hitting enter more rapidly, but you risk burning out the dev's hard drive! What to do... You shoot the spyware programs with every bit of flame you can muster, but they just neutralize it, jeer at you, and keep coming. Whew! Transfer complete--now if I could just get out... --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher
Sounds like a great idea for an actual game man! Why don't you actually do it! -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ken the Crazy Sent: 17 March 2011 08:56 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher "Do you have to make us want to snatch the game off your > computer right now?" You're tired of hearing so much about that great new game, so you invent technologies that will allow you to enter the person's computer and snatch that new game. Upon entering the computer though, you discover that your plans had been found out, and a confusing labyrinth of twisty little passages that all look alike is laid out before you, with the game tucked away at its center. Furthermore, the game designer wrote special little bugs that, if you get attacked by one, cause all kinds of unpredictable occurrences, such as hard drive reboots, or the posting of your ridiculously low game scores to everyone on your favorite mailing lists, or an infinite loop where you get to do nothing else for all eternity except play Beep. There are also viruses that simply waste your computer's resources by counting to ten over and over, causing your computer to overheat. Fortunately, you've got weapons, and collect more as you go, starting with the virus net and bug swatter. If you get too close to the center, where the game is, the developer, counting on your frustration with the increasing number of pests, provides you with a flame thrower. You use it successfully for a while, but be careful or you'll burn up the game and it's secret installer program. (the dev has the game backed up on a second drive, so he doesn't care.) As you approach the center, new dangers await, and you're zapped by a ray that turns you into a little creature in the physical computer, and you find yourself face to face with the computer's fans, which can chop you up, the high-voltage power supply which can cook you to a crisp, and the hard drive--which won't hurt you, but can be damaged by you if you're not careful. Zap! You're just data again. Plug your virtual cable into the computer's processor and start snatching that game and... Oh no! It's the police--the spyware busters! They've detected unauthorized activity, and they know how to wipe out punks like you, and you don't have any weapons to use on them. You can hurry up the data transfer by hitting enter more rapidly, but you risk burning out the dev's hard drive! What to do... You shoot the spyware programs with every bit of flame you can muster, but they just neutralize it, jeer at you, and keep coming. Whew! Transfer complete--now if I could just get out... --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher
Hi Ken, Lol! Quite an amusing game idea you got there. Fortunately or unfortunately hacking into someone's computer isn't that hair raising in real life. Your idea is much more interesting. Cheers! On 3/17/11, Ken the Crazy wrote: > "Do you have to make us want to snatch the game off your >> computer right now?" > > You're tired of hearing so much about that great new game, so you invent > technologies that will allow you to enter the person's computer and snatch > that new game. Upon entering the computer though, you discover that your > plans had been found out, and a confusing labyrinth of twisty little > passages that all look alike is laid out before you, with the game tucked > away at its center. Furthermore, the game designer wrote special little > bugs that, if you get attacked by one, cause all kinds of unpredictable > occurrences, such as hard drive reboots, or the posting of your ridiculously > low game scores to everyone on your favorite mailing lists, or an infinite > loop where you get to do nothing else for all eternity except play Beep. > There are also viruses that simply waste your computer's resources by > counting to ten over and over, causing your computer to overheat. > Fortunately, you've got weapons, and collect more as you go, starting with > the virus net and bug swatter. If you get too close to the center, where > the game is, the developer, counting on your frustration with the increasing > number of pests, provides you with a flame thrower. You use it successfully > for a while, but be careful or you'll burn up the game and it's secret > installer program. (the dev has the game backed up on a second drive, so he > doesn't care.) > As you approach the center, new dangers await, and you're zapped by a ray > that turns you into a little creature in the physical computer, and you > find yourself face to face with the computer's fans, which can chop you up, > the high-voltage power supply which can cook you to a crisp, and the hard > drive--which won't hurt you, but can be damaged by you if you're not > careful. Zap! You're just data again. Plug your virtual cable into the > computer's processor and start snatching that game and... > Oh no! It's the police--the spyware busters! They've detected unauthorized > activity, and they know how to wipe out punks like you, and you don't have > any weapons to use on them. You can hurry up the data transfer by hitting > enter more rapidly, but you risk burning out the dev's hard drive! What to > do... > You shoot the spyware programs with every bit of flame you can muster, but > they just neutralize it, jeer at you, and keep coming. > Whew! Transfer complete--now if I could just get out... > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] Games we'd like to play: Game Snatcher
"Do you have to make us want to snatch the game off your computer right now?" You're tired of hearing so much about that great new game, so you invent technologies that will allow you to enter the person's computer and snatch that new game. Upon entering the computer though, you discover that your plans had been found out, and a confusing labyrinth of twisty little passages that all look alike is laid out before you, with the game tucked away at its center. Furthermore, the game designer wrote special little bugs that, if you get attacked by one, cause all kinds of unpredictable occurrences, such as hard drive reboots, or the posting of your ridiculously low game scores to everyone on your favorite mailing lists, or an infinite loop where you get to do nothing else for all eternity except play Beep. There are also viruses that simply waste your computer's resources by counting to ten over and over, causing your computer to overheat. Fortunately, you've got weapons, and collect more as you go, starting with the virus net and bug swatter. If you get too close to the center, where the game is, the developer, counting on your frustration with the increasing number of pests, provides you with a flame thrower. You use it successfully for a while, but be careful or you'll burn up the game and it's secret installer program. (the dev has the game backed up on a second drive, so he doesn't care.) As you approach the center, new dangers await, and you're zapped by a ray that turns you into a little creature in the physical computer, and you find yourself face to face with the computer's fans, which can chop you up, the high-voltage power supply which can cook you to a crisp, and the hard drive--which won't hurt you, but can be damaged by you if you're not careful. Zap! You're just data again. Plug your virtual cable into the computer's processor and start snatching that game and... Oh no! It's the police--the spyware busters! They've detected unauthorized activity, and they know how to wipe out punks like you, and you don't have any weapons to use on them. You can hurry up the data transfer by hitting enter more rapidly, but you risk burning out the dev's hard drive! What to do... You shoot the spyware programs with every bit of flame you can muster, but they just neutralize it, jeer at you, and keep coming. Whew! Transfer complete--now if I could just get out... --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
