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Re: What do you think?
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Sat, 1 Jan 2000 05:12:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Erin Windross writes:
> > Ok. I had a dream last night about a computer game called CITY ZEN (It is not
> > a real game) . You would choose what you wanted to look like, your job (You
> > would have to pick a job that the game thought it didn't have enough of, e.g.
> > you couldn't pick accountant if all of the accountant jobs were taken), age
> > (couldn't go below 9 yrs), height, weight etc. and you would get your own
> > character and have a job in this virtual city (CITY ZEN), house, family
> > (Optional), and car (Optional).....the city would have various commercial,
> > industrial, and residential establishments. You would play the chracter in
> > third person view (Something like in Tomb Raider with Lara Croft). The city
> > would look simple at first (Like Midtown Madness). You could do whatever you
> > want, but, if you do something bad (Go on a deadly rampage with your car) • you
> > would be kicked out from the game (Except in single player mode). You could • go
> > online and play with other people all over the world (It would be the • ultimate
> > Role-Playing game). If you died and a computer A.I. person touched you, you
> > would become that person. The game would come in 4 Cd's ( Character design,
> > Life editing, City 1 Cd, City 2 Cd). You could buy things and interact with
> > other characters, make friends, enemys, lovers.....It would be almost real
> > life except on your computer........
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> Wow. Creepy.
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> Sounds great. Would you talk in writing too each other, or your own voice, or
> what?
Hmm...I would imagine you would have options on that, your recieve end would
have a dialouge box as well as a microphone and speakers.
> Could you just do anything? How? I don't mean to sound over-technical, I know
> you just imagined this, but wouldn't the Makers of the game have to foresee
> any action you could think of, in order to make it happen?
It would sorta be an ultimate Tomb Raider/The Sims/Midtown Madness game.
> I think this would work great in some virtual-reality type'o'thing, where you
> move in real life and the game version of you moves too.
No. If it were to be made like that it would freak people out (Think The
Metrix, Red Dwarf Better Than Life). The game would be manufactured when the
computer technology reached an advanced level. If it was to be made today it
would take up about 2 gigabytes of space on a computer (Most likely more than
that).
> What would happen if you want to suddenly leave the game - what would your
> beloved spouse do? ;-)
Ya walk down the isle one minute, the next your slamming the door behind ya.
Erin
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> -Shiri
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> >
> > Tell me what you think.
> >
> > Erin
> > --
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