Comments on: Making Life A Game

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:46:38 +0000

Many people actually believe talismans can render them impervious to bullets.

Be nice if they’d prove it!

Others wouldn’t believe the bullet-warding abilities of talismans but may believe that they can ward off evil spirits and curses

Well, I believe that too! Protection from evil spirits and curses and other things that don’t exist is easy! It’s the protection from things that do exist, like bullets, that I have trouble with. (Unless your “talisman” consists of armor plating or something)

By: BillDarryl

BillDarryl — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:21:45 +0000

Reminds me of the Jeanine Salla web-game that was a tie-in to the movie “A.I.” Lots of clues to get to the bottom of a murder/conspiracy at a robotics lab. It was far more interesting then the movie.

By: specialsomeone

specialsomeone — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:27:02 +0000

Exactly. Just have a little taste ;-)

By: skeptyk

skeptyk — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:58:55 +0000

Charles Stross is awesome. The man is an endless font of ideas, and he can write characters and dialogue, too. He’s the whole package.

I, too, am intrigued at the ARG. See you there…

By: Max

Max — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:45:26 +0000

It’s like writing a review of Kool-Aid you’ve never drunk.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:37:54 +0000

A greater hyperbole was never told.

By: Shahar Lubin

Shahar Lubin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:03:14 +0000

You can’t have a skeptic forum any more without you jejuneists spouting your stupidity with logical fallacies and ad hominoms.

By: specialsomeone

specialsomeone — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:19:55 +0000

I love how cynical people are who have no idea what this experience is actually like. All comments, observations, criticisms are invalid until you’ve been inducted to the Institute. It’s like writing a review for a movie you’ve never seen. Bunk.

By: Anthony O'Neal

Anthony O'Neal — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:59:12 +0000

“there are far too many interesting things to do in the real world and not that much time to do things.”

A greater lie was never told!

By: oldebabe

oldebabe — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:33:45 +0000

Interesting post. The whole thing is a give-away as a joke (rather than another invitation to pseudo-something, which is of course an unintended joke) with the biggest hint to start skeptical juices flowing, the name “Jejune”. Any further lure to continue is if one is a committed `gamer’, it seems to me.

Did Google start this with its avertisements and descriptions of incredible items that sucked some in until the ridiculousness of the offer was finally evident? Made me smile, yes, but in sort of a nasty, superior way. Of course, it didn’t develop into a `game’… and it had nothing to do with woo… just saying.