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Flippin heck. I was just reading the mirror today and i found this very interesting article on a new arcade machine.
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***NEW GAME IS TORTURE***
Serious, real-life pain is the name of the latest game for computer fans. Players win by torturing each other with electric shocks, lashes, and burns.
Called the Painstation, it is a massive hit in Germany, where it was invented.
And now it's set to become the latest craze in britain.
To compete, you have to put one hand over a 'pain execution unit' while playing the game with the other.
Your opponent can deliver a three-second electric jolt, a lash from four-inch wires, or burns from a heat lamp.
Many have been left with hands covered in bruises and blisters- but they keep coming back for more.
Fans have flocked to computer fairs where the game has been on show. Inventors Tilman Reiff and Volker Morawe have been stunned by the response.
The games website http://www.khm.de/~morawe/pain station/painstation_eng.html (SR readers take out the space) had over 32,00 hits in just 2 days.
"people like it because it's fun, and they want to be seen as a tough guy" says Volker.
One player Dieter Volz, 26, of Cologne, said: "The pain builds until your hand hurst like hell- but it's so addictive. You just have to keep playing"
Volker said no one has reported lasting injuries, but people with heart conditions are advised not to play.
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Article from The Mirror.
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So what do you think, Mad germans, or alot of fun, i wouldn't mind a go :D.
Check the website for some pics.
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***NEW GAME IS TORTURE***
Serious, real-life pain is the name of the latest game for computer fans. Players win by torturing each other with electric shocks, lashes, and burns.
Called the Painstation, it is a massive hit in Germany, where it was invented.
And now it's set to become the latest craze in britain.
To compete, you have to put one hand over a 'pain execution unit' while playing the game with the other.
Your opponent can deliver a three-second electric jolt, a lash from four-inch wires, or burns from a heat lamp.
Many have been left with hands covered in bruises and blisters- but they keep coming back for more.
Fans have flocked to computer fairs where the game has been on show. Inventors Tilman Reiff and Volker Morawe have been stunned by the response.
The games website http://www.khm.de/~morawe/pain station/painstation_eng.html (SR readers take out the space) had over 32,00 hits in just 2 days.
"people like it because it's fun, and they want to be seen as a tough guy" says Volker.
One player Dieter Volz, 26, of Cologne, said: "The pain builds until your hand hurst like hell- but it's so addictive. You just have to keep playing"
Volker said no one has reported lasting injuries, but people with heart conditions are advised not to play.
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Article from The Mirror.
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So what do you think, Mad germans, or alot of fun, i wouldn't mind a go :D.
Check the website for some pics.
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I wouldn't reccomend you play it. Fur and fire are not a good combination.
I just watched one of the videos, and it seems to me I could get a similar effect by buying a small camping stove and putting my hand over the flame whenever I made a cockup in the game!
it's pong...and when u let one past u get the torture.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> In addition to what Sonic has alrady said...
>
> How can you play a game with just one hand? It would severely limit
> gameplay.#
Actually, it looks quite cool- they have a picture in edge from a few months back...
> In addition to what Sonic has alrady said...
>
> How can you play a game with just one hand? It would severely limit
> gameplay.#
Actually, it looks quite cool- they have a picture in edge from a few months back...
In addition to what Sonic has alrady said...
How can you play a game with just one hand? It would severely limit gameplay.
How can you play a game with just one hand? It would severely limit gameplay.
Firstly, the Mirror is completely off on the facts. Not only was this created months ago as a Univerity project, but it has not taken off in anywhere near the way the Mirror suggests- from what I know, there is only one machine in existence- something the Mirror fails to acknowledge.
But in any case, the idea isn't new at all- it's clearly copied from the Jame Bond World Domination game in the film (you know, fight over areas of the world, more pain if you lose land etc...)
Sonic
But in any case, the idea isn't new at all- it's clearly copied from the Jame Bond World Domination game in the film (you know, fight over areas of the world, more pain if you lose land etc...)
Sonic
Heh..heh....maybe we should go to Germany and make 'slight' adjustments to their beloved torture machine ;)
MwhahahaAHAHAHH! *cough* *splutter*
Pro, your coughs spreading.
MwhahahaAHAHAHH! *cough* *splutter*
Pro, your coughs spreading.
Hmm, good point, but ill be staying away from my PS2 for 2 weeks anyway, if i go and have ago on my first day, ill just have bad hands for the whole of my holiday and they should be better after when i get home....
In fact, forget that idea, let the crazy germans keep there machine.
*rubs hands insanely*
In fact, forget that idea, let the crazy germans keep there machine.
*rubs hands insanely*
Yer Germany it is. but what about Pro Evo. You wont be able to play that wit bad hands.
Na†ßu© wrote:
> It's funny actually. Me an Pro Evo were having a convo in my
> controller post about how he thought they should put little electric
> shock pads on the PS2 controller. I thought he was beeing silly, then
> i read this!
Bah! My head contains more great ideas than there are out right now. :D
Anyway, it was only a matter of time till they brought something out like this, taking the realism stage that little bit further, and we all know this type of thing will be a hit anyway, its like a rollercoaster, it has that small element of danger so lots of people will have a go on it.
Its in Germany you say eh? Im going there this summer, might just drop in for a blast.
> It's funny actually. Me an Pro Evo were having a convo in my
> controller post about how he thought they should put little electric
> shock pads on the PS2 controller. I thought he was beeing silly, then
> i read this!
Bah! My head contains more great ideas than there are out right now. :D
Anyway, it was only a matter of time till they brought something out like this, taking the realism stage that little bit further, and we all know this type of thing will be a hit anyway, its like a rollercoaster, it has that small element of danger so lots of people will have a go on it.
Its in Germany you say eh? Im going there this summer, might just drop in for a blast.
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