>No matter the score, the first player to remove his or her hand from the PEU device loses the game.
The winner, of course, has passed the test of the Gom Jabbar and qualifies as human.
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#42I 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
Makes me think of the Dune pain box.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
They should have used the thermal grill illusion instead of real heat
Amazing, I had no idea illusory pain existed. I've actually been looking for a safe way to induce pain, and this seems promising. I would have thought the BDSM community would make use of this, but a quick googling doesn't turn up any products. Any idea why?
You can try Raytheon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System
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#44I don't remember where but I once read a blog article about non-gamers who are introduced to Skyrim for the first time and recall one player accidentally killing an important NPC and not having any saves to reload, and felt strong emotions over virtually losing someone they knew.
I think some players of games (or watchers of movies, etc.) are more sensitive to that kind of "pain" than others. Sometimes I think they might feel as exhausted as their character after pushing through an entire fighting tournament with their avatar, as they were also kicked around in a sense.
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#45This is Burning Man level stuff...
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#46This (or, PainStation v2) visited the student union at Abertay University a good 15 or so years ago. I played it on many occasion.
One aftertnoon I played with a particularly competitive friend of mine. I am also competitive. The game went on far longer than it should have, and I ended up with some pretty painful burns on the bottom of my hand and a large welt on top of it. I also had twinges in my arm for several hours afterwards.
Was a great time, highly recommended.
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#47This reminds of "Shock Tanks" my brother and I used to have. The concept is pretty simple, your RC tank get 3 lives per round, if it gets hit you get shocked.
Great memories. All females around us (wife, sister, mother) hated those toys and my wife was really happy when she heard that one of the tanks broke.
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#48I played it a the computer games museum in Berlin a few years ago. It was a very fun experience. I battled my wife who jumped when the first eletric shock hit here :D and lost afterwards against an employee there, who was quite resistant to any damage ;)
He also showed us the first aid section next to the machine.
For everyone having the chance to play with it: do it :)