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Re: PainStation

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I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

Sounds unhygienic. Is the punishment a blood pathogen from the previous loser?

Re: PainStation

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post #6

I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

> and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

This arcade machine would be a great hit at BDSM parties I bet.

Re: PainStation

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post #6

I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

Sounds unhygienic. Is the punishment a blood pathogen from the previous loser?

The silicon whip, which is the main pain-inducing device (the heat is laughable, and the electric shocks are painful but don't do permanent damage) was changed against a new one and disinfected before being re-used by the next player.

At least that's how it was managed at the two events where I had some fun with that thing, the Computerspielemuseum Berlin and a Chaos Communication Congress (back in the days when it was still at BCC).

Re: PainStation

#14
post #7

It's 2024, and I've yet to see anyone implement Domination from Never Say Never Again (mentioned in the Wikipedia page): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9_cLu5-JY

The thing is (as amusing as it would be to see a real version, maybe at a James Bond fan convention), the game as a game doesn't seem that interesting. The setup showing the globe and the game picking a country sounds like it would be a strategy game of some sort, but the game play seems to be (minus the shocks) a fairly simple game of hand-eye coordination, despite the hologram, actually less sophisticated than many…

Pair it up with Atari Tempest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTgA3ZOoSo

Re: PainStation

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post #6

I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

> and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game. This arcade machine would be a great hit at BDSM parties I bet.

My understanding is that's partly how it got started (basically in a BDSM-influenced artistic context)

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post #6

I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

Played the very same! The knob-steering made it hard enough for even the gamers among my friends, so we all felt the pain! IIRC some ”powerups” such as ”pain x2” started dropping after a while. Hilarious stuff.

Re: PainStation

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post #6

I played this with a friend at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. I felt really bad, they were so bad I kept winning, and their hand’s skin cracked bloodily and got bruised after a session. But they insisted to finish the game.

Sounds unhygienic. Is the punishment a blood pathogen from the previous loser?

Or a DNA fragment?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38555655

Re: PainStation

#18

I won a game on that machine at the gamecon in Leipzig, probably 15 years ago. I got a blister from the heat, went to the first aid area to get something for it and they shut it down after. Fun times

They should have used the thermal grill illusion instead of real heat

Re: PainStation

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing is (as amusing as it would be to see a real version, maybe at a James Bond fan convention), the game as a game doesn't seem that interesting. The setup showing the globe and the game picking a country sounds like it would be a strategy game of some sort, but the game play seems to be (minus the shocks) a fairly simple game of hand-eye coordination, despite the hologram, actually less sophisticated than many…

Pair it up with Atari Tempest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTgA3ZOoSo

And Nuke 'em https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYGa9KZOy7c

Re: PainStation

#20

In the good ole days, we did something similar with ungrounded outlets and metal cases. For all the rounds of work on "Virtual Reality;" so very few have worked on simulating anything but the pleasant sensations. Its as if people are imagining a world with no negative feedback.

If pain couldn't be pleasant, there would not be BDSM or mexican food.

Also, some racing simulator have reached a point where you take a beating racing a rally stage. Maybe not to the point you are feeling pain but you don't really come out of them relaxed.

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