Comments on: Mouse plays Quake II, everyone wins http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jibbles http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613637 jibbles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613637 In the future, instead of trackball mice, we will have live mice on trackballs, at which point a whole ecosystem of puns will flourish anew. In the future, instead of trackball mice, we will have live mice on trackballs, at which point a whole ecosystem of puns will flourish anew.

]]> By: kettledog http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613640 kettledog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613640 Does this mean an end to maze building? Does this mean an end to maze building?

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614686 Daneel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614686 or perhaps The Lawnmower Man. or perhaps The Lawnmower Man.

]]> By: phisrow http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613665 phisrow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613665 Just wait until he finds the quad-damage, whitecoats... Just wait until he finds the quad-damage, whitecoats…

]]> By: Brad S. http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613922 Brad S. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613922 I also work for sips of water, and I can tell you, it sucks. I also work for sips of water, and I can tell you, it sucks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613718 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613718 "My wife, who played Quake on the British national team" - this is the strangest sentence in the whole post. “My wife, who played Quake on the British national team” – this is the strangest sentence in the whole post.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614000 robcat2075 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614000 "its head firmly held in a metal helmet," ouch. “its head firmly held in a metal helmet,”

ouch.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614011 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614011 Awwww. I wish I could be held in a completely immersive virtual environment based on the Quake II engine. Stupid mouse. Awwww. I wish I could be held in a completely immersive virtual environment based on the Quake II engine. Stupid mouse.

]]> By: Germanico http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614791 Germanico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614791 "You are a mouse. You wake up to find yourself in a strange pixelated room. Your head is *firmly* held in place by a metal helmet. You are thirsty. What do you want to do?" "Sip water" "Your head-side nozzle is empty. What do you want to do?" "Walk forward" "You walk forward..." “You are a mouse. You wake up to find yourself in a strange pixelated room. Your head is *firmly* held in place by a metal helmet. You are thirsty.

What do you want to do?”

“Sip water”

“Your head-side nozzle is empty. What do you want to do?”

“Walk forward”

“You walk forward…”

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614025 Daneel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614025 You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss. You know, I know this steak doesn’t exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?

Ignorance is bliss.

]]> By: Tensegrity http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613777 Tensegrity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613777 They should create a level where the mouse is 200 feet tall and gets to rampage over a city and crush many humans. They should create a level where the mouse is 200 feet tall and gets to rampage over a city and crush many humans.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614042 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614042 I'd like to go to a place where Monica Bellucci thought I was attractive. I think Monica Bellucci is attractive. In <i>my</i> completely immersive virtual environment, Monica Bellucci would <i>definitely</i> think I was attractive. Hopefully, that's what the scientists are working on. Godspeed, scientists, Godspeed. I’d like to go to a place where Monica Bellucci thought I was attractive. I think Monica Bellucci is attractive. In my completely immersive virtual environment, Monica Bellucci would definitely think I was attractive.

Hopefully, that’s what the scientists are working on. Godspeed, scientists, Godspeed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614339 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614339 I'm not sure why so many are going for Matrix jokes. Flowers for Algernon feels more appropriate to me. Poor mouse. I wonder if you are in any pain or realize just how f*$#@d up your life is. I’m not sure why so many are going for Matrix jokes. Flowers for Algernon feels more appropriate to me.

Poor mouse. I wonder if you are in any pain or realize just how f*$#@d up your life is.

]]> By: fistula spume http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613863 fistula spume Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613863 Work on the Matrix seems to be going along fine. in 10 years they can have realistic graphics and replace the mouse with a human. Work on the Matrix seems to be going along fine. in 10 years they can have realistic graphics and replace the mouse with a human.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-614123 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614123 I never could get the hang of rocket jumping. Perhaps I'd make a better lab animal than a quake player... I never could get the hang of rocket jumping. Perhaps I’d make a better lab animal than a quake player…

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613617 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613617 That interface seems like the perfect way to play Katamari Damacy. That interface seems like the perfect way to play Katamari Damacy.

]]> By: Corvinus http://boingboing.net/2009/10/15/mouse-plays-quake-ii.html#comment-613630 Corvinus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613630 How long before we see an army of mouse gold farmers? How long before we see an army of mouse gold farmers?

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