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stfj.net - 19 days ago
The digital portfolio of zach gage
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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.

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New Mac 'game' plays Russian roulette with your files
Macworld — ... Looking for an ideal holiday gift for that brooding philosophy student in your life? Check out Lose/Lose . It’s reminiscent of classic arcade games like Space Invaders, but with a sobering twist: Each time you destroy an alien, the game deletes a file from your Mac. Forever. Created by Zach Gage, a digital artist in New York City, Lose/Lose puts the player in the position of shooter as aliens rain down from above. Get touched by an alien, you lose. Kill an alien, you score points—but you also vaporize a random file from your home directory. If your ship is destroyed, the game ...

Lose/Lose Mac Game Deletes Files From Your Mac
Apple Gazette — There is a game app going around in cyberspace called Lose/Lose and it is very similar to Space Invaders, but with a deadly twist. When you shoot and kill alien, the game deletes a file from your computer. The creator of this game app is Zach Gage, a digital artist from New York. I don’t understand what he was thinking when he created this app, but he included a philosophical view about the game in the Lose/Lose website. By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches bigger questions. As ...

A Great Game...If You're About to Reformat Your Hard Drive
Mac|Life — ...  each of them calling it a Trojan.  According to Kevin Haley, Symantec Security's director of product management, "We are concerned that somebody could take this and modify it in some way where users aren't aware of the consequences." While we admit that that is technically possible, at that point the file in question isn't Gage's, nor can we see how the security firms came about their classification of Trojan.  Now, having said all that, any takers? Who's up for a quick round? Anyone? Anyone? ...