nicked on 1/1/2016 at 08:06
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I was thinking your game might raid the user's hard disk and try to find photographs that it thinks might be usable... but really, even ignoring the fact that a lot of people would consider that an invasion of privacy, there's just too much that could go wrong there, depending on the kinds of photographs that the user keeps on their hard disk.
Yeah but imagine how much more terrifying the game would be if the photo wasn't your dad, but a random pick from your secret porn stash.
Thirith on 1/1/2016 at 10:11
"Yes, it is I, your nemesis - Darth Two Erect Penises In An Unexpected Orifice! Tremble before me! Mwahaha!"
faetal on 1/1/2016 at 13:33
Or worse, a photo of you playing the game taken from behind you.
Starker on 1/1/2016 at 14:40
Quote Posted by faetal
you playing the game taken from behind
I don't think a lot of people play video games that way. :P
demagogue on 1/1/2016 at 16:58
In practice it's an awful idea IMO. There are too many wild cards that could make the gimmick misfire in horrible ways, not least if they have traumatic relationships with the person, but even aside from extreme cases like that, relationships are complex enough to explain to a psychologist over years, no way a game is going to handle it reasonably.
And don't underestimate a good number of cases will be photos of cutlery or mailboxes because what does the system know. Seriously, billion dollar systems developed over decades can't get things that simple right if they're open ended like that. Edit. Case in point, Facebook even today boxed the eave of a temple roof asked me if I wanted to tag it as a friend. A roof.
But you're on to something. IMO the way to play this trick is to have the game troll the player with oldschool carnie tricks as if it's reading his or her data and is going to destroy their life without actually doing anything. It could say that alone and maybe throw in some statistically likely Barnum-effect fodder & a lot of people would believe it just because it said so. It doesn't even need to look at anything for the freakout. It's all just a troll.
For the record, I think it'd be irresponsible and I wouldn't do it, not wrong just dickish in a potentially funny way if you're 14 or drunk, but that's how it'd be done IMO.
eastgate2 on 2/1/2016 at 05:44
Like every awfully stupid idea, this has the potential to be a stellar hit, facebook+oculus and all that. If I told you guys "I have a great idea for a game where you move around cubes that has fugly pixels on it" around year 2008, you'd say fuck off, but it happened. This can happen too. Maybe.
Maybe Zuckerberg bought ttlg too recently in secret, use the forums as a focus group, knowing that this bunch is the hardest to please gaming nerds on the planet.
Yeah, ttlg is moving servers my ass.
nicked on 2/1/2016 at 08:57
Quote Posted by eastgate2
the hardest to please gaming nerds on the planet.
I love you all.
242 on 3/1/2016 at 11:11
After install game asks to enable webcam and gather all your family :)
henke on 3/1/2016 at 11:58
Another way that would be doable would be if the game used your Steam profile picture(yes, games can already do this). Obviously that would lend itself more towards something funny than something scary though. Like maybe you open a newspaper and there's an article about the Guinness Price for the World's Biggest Nerd being awarded, accompanied by your profile pic.
