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They seem to be planning to make one of the blood thing and use it as a gimmicky way to get gamers to donate blood at blood drives rather than a commercial product. EDIT: Still doesn't seem like a good idea but it's not an incredibly terrible one like it looks at first glance.
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Don't get me wrong. I like that they want to convince people to donate more blood. That's a noble effort. But this is probably the worst way to do it, short of handing around a rusty syringe. Do blood banks even accept self filled bags? That seems quite insecure and probably unsanitary.
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Nov 23, 2014 23:20
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I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be performance art / an 'event' and not The Next Generation of Videogames. I think it's amusing but I think their implementation is lame as gently caress because rumbles are used for a lot more than taking damage.
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Nov 23, 2014 23:20
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Look, just because you don't have a medical professional doesn't mean you can't perform medical procedures! They're giving blood!... that nobody will want.
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Nov 23, 2014 23:26
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Everything is fine and dandy until someone encounters a continuous rumble glitch and dies on live stream. At which point everything becomes fantastic.
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Nov 23, 2014 23:29
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The White Dragon posted:Everything is fine and dandy until someone encounters a continuous rumble glitch and dies on live stream. At which point everything becomes fantastic. As a nuclear engineer I'm used to designing multiple layers of safety interlocks into everything. These guys, though... 
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Nov 23, 2014 23:30
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:Blood Sport raises the stakes of gaming, by making it so when you lose blood in the game, you lose it in real life, too. My vote is on semi-elaborate hoax. Kickstart an obvious failure of an idea as a joke, set a high price mark, and if it succeeds by some miracle I guess they'll make the stupid things and just be rich.
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Nov 24, 2014 00:48
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Air is lava! posted:Don't get me wrong. I like that they want to convince people to donate more blood. That's a noble effort. But this is probably the worst way to do it, short of handing around a rusty syringe. Do blood banks even accept self filled bags? That seems quite insecure and probably unsanitary. Still seems like a bad idea for reasons like say Sigma-X posted:I think it's amusing but I think their implementation is lame as gently caress because rumbles are used for a lot more than taking damage. Blood Sport posted:WAIVER 
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Nov 24, 2014 01:22
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On second thought, it sounds like an efficient (and fun!) way to kill gamers. I'm for it.
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Nov 24, 2014 01:25
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*BOOM!* "You'll never defeat Androooosssssssss!!!!!!!!" *heart attack*
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Nov 24, 2014 01:28
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:Blood Sport raises the stakes of gaming, by making it so when you lose blood in the game, you lose it in real life, too. So normally we can draw the blood we need in a couple minutes. Lets drag that out into an entire gaming session, where the machine keeps turning the blood flow on and off, because that'll just be super. Is this supposed to make you more willing to donate blood? Because I'd much rather just get it the gently caress over with. Sigma-X posted:I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be performance art / an 'event' and not The Next Generation of Videogames. performance art is dumb 
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Nov 24, 2014 01:29
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Playing an action-packed video game is also going to send up your heart rate and blood pressure. That will probably cause difficulties with the collection process, as well as the4 issues of twitching with a needle in your arm.
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Nov 24, 2014 01:58
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Suspicious Dish posted:On second thought, it sounds like an efficient (and fun!) way to kill gamers. I'm for it.
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Nov 24, 2014 02:43
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I don't think the thing stopping people from donating blood is it cutting into their gaming time.
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Nov 24, 2014 02:49
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Someone could make a mod for Diablo 2 that makes the health orb the approximate amount of blood in a human body. The Ultimate Iron Man Mode.
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Nov 24, 2014 03:17
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Zaphod42 posted:performance art is dumb Actually it's really entertaining, at least if the responses in this thread are any indication.
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Bruceski posted:Playing an action-packed video game is also going to send up your heart rate and blood pressure. That will probably cause difficulties with the collection process, as well as the4 issues of twitching with a needle in your arm. Well the heart rate and pressure issues would give you better blood collection, the moving around would make things a bit dicey. Hat Thoughts posted:I don't think the thing stopping people from donating blood is it cutting into their gaming time. You would think, but when I go to donate blood, they always want to make small talk so I can't play phone games. Those blood donation people and their wanting to make sure I stay conscious...
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Nov 24, 2014 06:42
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Sigma-X posted:I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be performance art / an 'event' and not The Next Generation of Videogames.
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Nov 24, 2014 08:54
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The Kins posted:In which case, it's been done better before. quote:It was retired in 2013 at Burning Man, where all the components were gathered into a pile and a piano was dropped on it.
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Nov 24, 2014 11:31
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Blood Sport's campaign has been suspended.
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Nov 24, 2014 19:46
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Reminder that Epic Manager's campaign is ending this coming Friday and they're almost to their goal. I think it looks super fun and would really like to see it made, so if you haven't seen it then take a look.
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Orzo posted:Blood Sport's campaign has been suspended. What, did someone find out that they'd have to get it registered with the FDA due to being a medical device?
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Nov 24, 2014 19:49
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I'm liking Armello's beta so far, though there's some bugs, some missing content, and some gameplay mechanisms to iron out. Has anyone else had the chance to try it?
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Great Rumbler posted:In the interest of returning to the thread's stated topic: Thimbleweed Park, the new adventure game from Ron Gilbert, is at $342k [91% of its goal] after just five days. In the spirit of saying controversial things on those rare occasions when I can put all my heart and soul behind them, as someone who never understood the love for Tim Schafer and who thought Ron Gilbert was the greatest adventure game mind ever, I happily threw my support behind this despite the fact that I loathe adventure games as a genre. It helps that the Monkey Island games were the only adventure games I legitimately enjoyed rather than just angrily running through the whole thing with a walkthrough wondering why I yet again wasted my money. OK Loom was cool too BUT THAT IS IT I guess I also enjoyed Hero's Quest before it became Quest For Glory hi
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Nov 25, 2014 02:34
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Quarex posted:I guess I also enjoyed Hero's Quest before it became Quest For Glory 
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Nov 25, 2014 05:51
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So Sketch Tales is, uh, a sandbox procedurally generated action RPG + Drawn to Life. It's developed by some more of the former STALKER devs and the lead apparently sold his apartment to finance the prototype. poo poo, hope it works out for him.   
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Nov 25, 2014 09:47
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Quarex posted:I have not been in this thread for two years but I came back just to see if anyone was talking about this. Pretty awesome stuff all around. If you are going to go retro, man, GO RETRO. I am pretty stoked to see how this turns out. Glad it's gotten funded by now, then. I hope they make it to at least a few translation goals by the end of all this. The rest of the money can be saved up for that Simon the Sorcerer kickstarter dropping, hopefully, any day now.
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Megazver posted:So Sketch Tales is, uh, a sandbox procedurally generated action RPG + Drawn to Life. It's developed by some more of the former STALKER devs and the lead apparently sold his appartment to finance the prototype. poo poo, hope it works out for him. At first glance I thought this was Goblet Grotto Probably won't be 1/10th as good, sadly.
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Megazver posted:So Sketch Tales is, uh, a sandbox procedurally generated action RPG + Drawn to Life. It's developed by some more of the former STALKER devs and the lead apparently sold his apartment to finance the prototype. poo poo, hope it works out for him. I would say "don't quit your day job" and/or "don't sell your apartment" if I saw that but I guess it's too late for either 
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I won't say there isn't potential there, but not $50.000 worth. There is a freeware game from a few years back with the exact same style and concept. I forget what it's called, but as I recall it actually looks better than that too.
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Nov 25, 2014 15:16
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I know Minecraft when I see it and that sir, is Minecraft. But somehow uglier.
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Those kind of games were pretty cool at first, but the market is just so absolutely flooded with them right now.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I know Minecraft when I see it and that sir, is Minecraft. But somehow uglier. I would have loved that style when I was 10, though.
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Are the graphics procedurally generated as well? Because they look like a dumb computer child drew them. They are ugly.
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They said "action RPG + Drawn to Life" which I assume means that you, sir, the very player, are the one drawing the graphics
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ninjewtsu posted:They said "action RPG + Drawn to Life" which I assume means that you, sir, the very player, are the one drawing the graphics Yeah, that was my description. Sorry. The whole point of the game is that you draw all that poo poo and it appears in the game.
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 Open beta date for Distance confirmed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57AFXGzrhrs It's pretty much complete already, so don't hesitate to go for it once it's out!
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gently caress yes I can't wait.
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So Ashen Rift looks pretty rad: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763303301/ashen-rift  
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Jesus, that makes Bioware's facial hair and animations tech look loving shameful
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