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A Pac-Man game that electrocutes you

gamernode.com — Researchers at the University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging have hacked up a game for "research purposes" that may recall fond memories of the nuclear war video game scene in the Bond movie Never Say Never Again. The Pac-Man-like game the researchers designed shocks players when they're caught by the enemy.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 26, 2007

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  • Mazy1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I would so volunteer for this.
  • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11That joke was shockingly crappy.
  • ltkerr0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6"A Pac-Man game that electrocutes you"
    e·lec·tro·cute - to _kill_ by electricity.
    no thanks
  • rexCo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6"Maybe Sony should integrate this into the new Sixaxis controller designs, so PS3 faithfuls can make sure never to forget the company's unending hatred for its consumers."

    lol
  • informality, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Electrocutes you? Like, if you lose, you die?

    electricity + execute = electrocute != shock
  • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I love it how all Soviet Russia jokes end with a question mark now. It's because you know it sucks but you're just throwing it out there without committing to it. Grow some balls and lose the question mark and I might not bury you next time.
  • ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I don't see the research behind this. Maybe if it where a game that it is possible to win, then at least there was a scenario where it was possible to not get shocked. With Pac Man it's just a matter of when you get shocked. Also if you did better in the game, that would lead to more lives, which would lead to more shocks...
  • FoxOrian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3PainStation seemed to be a much better idea, it was competitive giving you a real reason to out perform your opponent and hurt THEM.
  • TLAKABM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3'Electrocution' - death by electric shock.
    'Sure you still want to volunteer?
  • DoTheFandango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This doesn't even make sense.
  • mtrip, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The research is an attempt to define which specific parts of the brain are active during different phases of being confronted with a predator. FTA.
  • kodek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Until you beat level 255, then you'll be regretting your decision.
  • Kedyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2electrocute

    verb
    1. kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/electrocute
  • jeffiscool, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This exact thing was featured on TechTV a while back. I would suggest googling for "Painstation."
  • Jereso, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Another Pain Station rip-off? Meh.
  • kunradish, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Now we need a pong game that either shocks whips or burns you then my life would be complete.
  • moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This sound like something right up Fry's alley.
  • jobney76, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2electrocute
    1 : to execute (a criminal) by electricity
    2 : to kill by electric shock
  • firewolf223, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0At least it dont shock you every time Mario hits his head
  • Dweed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I think that was the Pong machine.
  • wphj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1e lec tro cute
    verb. to INJURE or kill someone by electric shock.
    That's from the mac dictionary, and that comes from the oxford dictionary.
  • nmcphee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1here's a link to the actual article: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=965F9C20-E7F2-99DF-3CC5BF77DAD5C7A1
  • sg7791, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I'm really bad at pacman... Does that make me slightly more vulnerable to death?
  • Kedyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It doesn't have to.
  • yahoofrom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1title is frakn misleading.
  • Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I remember playing Centipede on an arcade that was probably badly wired cause the metal screws would give me mild buzzes when i would touch them.
  • gameboi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Interesting.... I covered this story earlier, and it was ignored. Now it's suddenly popular? Diggers are such fickle creatures ;-)

    http://www.destructoid.com/researchers-using-videogames-and-shock-therapy-study-fear-effect-on-judgement-40361.phtml
  • Pureeviljester, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1wow, they somehow fit anti-Sony statement into this
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0broken gamepad with wires to your fingers?
  • seanroth, on 11/06/2007, -4/+2I guess we can say this was the original BioShock. Ha.. ha ha...
  • Kedyn, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1In Soviet Russia, comment buries you. (Couldn't resist.)
  • Tabako, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0this was in Time magazine seriously like 2 or 3 years ago
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2In Soviet Russia Pack-man shocks you?
  • nmcphee, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0here's a link to the actual article: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=965F9C20-E7F2-99DF-3CC5BF77DAD5C7A1
  • Zarokima, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Quite a shocking development.

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