LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
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LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
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Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#2Playable in-browser here for those who wish to skip directly to the chase: https://archive.org/details/Lanlok
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#3It should be noted that nemesis “Evil Al” is “AL” not “AI”; the font makes this quite ambiguous
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#4Playable in-browser here for those who wish to skip directly to the chase: https://archive.org/details/Lanlok
It would be cool if the dos emulator this uses would be updated with some touch controls that were like the old hackers keyboard on Android and some drag mouse like scummvm.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#5Playable in-browser here for those who wish to skip directly to the chase: https://archive.org/details/Lanlok
Thanks, this is cute. I lost my first try, then managed to win with 3380 points on my next go. Tip: Don't be afraid to use commands #3 and #4.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#6Playable in-browser here for those who wish to skip directly to the chase: https://archive.org/details/Lanlok
Anyone find a way to get this to work on mobile? It loads and runs fine but there isn’t a way to provide any input into the emulator that I can find.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#7I know it's "Evil AL", not "Evil AI", but there _is_ an "Evil AI" at work here - this is aislop, pure and simple. I wondered for a bit why the whole thing felt repetitive and boring, and then I hit this paragraph and it threw everything else into context:
> LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local area networks. It captures the frustrations, humor, and personalities that shaped computing at Palmer Station as it transitioned from isolated standalone PCs to a shared (fragile) LAN.
It's frustrating, because this game absolutely has the vibes of a lot of old DOS/door games and I was kinda interested in learning about it, but this just sucks all the fun and interest out of it.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#8I know it's "Evil AL", not "Evil AI", but there _is_ an "Evil AI" at work here - this is aislop, pure and simple. I wondered for a bit why the whole thing felt repetitive and boring, and then I hit this paragraph and it threw everything else into context: > LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local…
That sentence does set off alarm bells, but in the context of the entire article I don't think it's AI written.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#9I know it's "Evil AL", not "Evil AI", but there _is_ an "Evil AI" at work here - this is aislop, pure and simple. I wondered for a bit why the whole thing felt repetitive and boring, and then I hit this paragraph and it threw everything else into context: > LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local…
That sentence does set off alarm bells, but in the context of the entire article I don't think it's AI written.
I dunno, the rest of the article feels very AI-written as well. Immediately after that, it goes into an overly in-depth bullet-pointed breakdown, it repeats information constantly...
It’s either written by an AI or I’m sorry, it’s just poorly written.
Re: LAN-LOK: The Antarctic DOS Sabotage Game Lost for 34 Years
#10I know it's "Evil AL", not "Evil AI", but there _is_ an "Evil AI" at work here - this is aislop, pure and simple. I wondered for a bit why the whole thing felt repetitive and boring, and then I hit this paragraph and it threw everything else into context: > LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local…
I'm curious if you have any evidence stronger than your own vibes about this one sentence. I didn't get that sense from the article at all, and continue to assume that it's a genuine piece of history.