and why?
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If scientists could make you immortal but could only do it by transferring your consciousness into a single video game for ever, which game would you choose?
Submitted 1 year ago by Novamdomum@fedia.io to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
No more worries about UPS. If your base grows too big and UPS drops, so will your brain’s processing speed and you’ll never notice a thing.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
hadn’t even thought about that. Nice!
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Monster Hunter. They live in harmony with nature, no one ever really dies, and the food looks amazing.
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Roller Coaster Tycoon. I want to stay on Mr. Bones Wild Ride. 💀
Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
A lot of people are already living in: Leisure Suit Larry
GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
r/outside
Why? Because I’ve now fooled you and don’t have to be confined to a game cartridge. Muahahahaha.
(Side note: It’s been a long time since I’ve been on reddit. I miss that community.)
hand@lemmy.studio 1 year ago
Shenmue. If you know, you know.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
why would you want to be immortal? everything ends eventually, so why would you want to be the only one forced to stay?
Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Would Enter the Matrix be cheating? I could just plug in and go and do anything at that point.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Pong.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Red dead 2.
Gives me open wilderness with the very streamlined ability to hunt and live for the land.
Just got to make it past the TB and then boom, reincarnation as John and have a picture perfect family and farm.
I should replay it soon.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 year ago
WoW. Plenty to keep me occupied.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Echochrome. Such a simple life. No needs or wants, just the timeless puzzles.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 year ago
So, I’d need more details. How exactly would my consciousness exist within the game? Would the game be subject to be modded or updated in the future? Like, Skyrim with mods is a good option, but World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy 14 would allow me to continue being social with real humans, but those latter games are very subject to future change.
Back on the 1st question, there’s a significant difference if my consciousness occupies a random NPC or I become the equivalent of a player character. Also important: what would happen to me if the game crashed or the computer/servers went down for whatever reason?
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
A could follow-ups, are we limited by the rules of the game, or is it like we’re actually living there? Like if I’m in gta v, do i get to pick up a pencil and write a book, is everything in the game at real-life fidelity, or am i stuck with the regular game inputs and graphics?
Am i able to add mods to the game? Can i add new mods after my first startup? I would assume there’s a way to reset or restart the game in case of bugs and softlocks so maybe there’s a hub i can use to do those kinds of things.
I think i might pick gmod + mods. That way i could build some interesting projects in sandbox, play games that people make for it, maybe even watch some YouTube early on before compatibility breaks. I’d also have a 1:1 scale model of the multiverse to explore.
KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Is this like Death Becomes Her immortality where your meat suit is not invincible and no longer self-healing? If I didn’t have to worry about painful and horrible disfigurement, I’d probably choose Skyrim. If I have to be careful, then something real chill like Travel Town.
Naich@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Pong. I just want to bounce.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Stardew Valley would be a nice place to retire.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
This is my answer too. Nice small town woth an actual home. Sign me up.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You got me thinking about the next stage.
How long could one live in GTA, knowing that everyone else is an NPC, before they became a monster that could not be safely pulled back into reality?
Let’s be honest, if we know we’re in a world with little to no consequence, and all the people around us will just respawn every day with no memory of what happened, we’re probably going to do some fucked up shit just because we wouldn’t get a chance in the real world. Could one retain their humanity living as a god in a fake world?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Minecraft. The world isn’t infinite, but it’s really damn big.
wisely@feddit.org 1 year ago
Sure but everything would be blocky and you would be stuck with villagers saying hmm all the time. Unless you decide to live alone with the lights always on so a creeper, enderman or zombie doesn’t get you.
Deestan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Something in-game scriptable, so I could mould it for variety. Space Engineers maybe?
kabi@lemm.ee 1 year ago
[deleted]Deestan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah yes. I’d have to ask for uncapped PCU. Being part of the simulation, I’d not notice any lag as my consciousness would lag with it.
Squorlple@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wouldn’t do it. Consciousness is like the worst thing I’ve experienced ever.
Also, this prompt might be better suited for !asklemmy@lemmy.world
callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Elder Scrolls Online
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imagine living for all eternity with all that sand up your hoo hah.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I could sell pearls as a side gig.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It would definitely have to be a MMORPG of some sort. Your biggest problem in this system will invariably be loneliness, and interacting 24/7 with NPCs will quickly show their cracks. You need a way of continually interacting with large numbers of real people.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Some long lived MMO like WoW/ESO would have plenty of room to explore in detail over centuries.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Meaning that you would be technically one of the NPCs.
femtech@midwest.social 1 year ago
? maybe sword art online
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Definitely want to be in a large open world game like GTA or skyrim so you have room to explore for the rest of eternity. A mmorpg would be a grind like real life, so it would feel familiar, but at least you could have magic. I think the answer depends on if you’re a NPC or the main character in the game. NPC?
I still would probably pick Minecraft and spend eternity building working computers in the world, so I could play other games as well.
Sorolainen@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
While I might make similar choices, it still sound like a horror story. My immortal soul stuck eternally among the empty make-believe-people of GTA or the solitary existence of Minecraft?
I might still prefer the peace of non-existance.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
At least you would have space to explore and options to build. Being stuck in any video game for eternity is going to be hell.
FundMECFS@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Minecraft sounds like a good choice — although lonely
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
LongLive@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Creative expression aside, it is vital that we remember that we cannot predict how the human psyche will react to a pseudo-utopia, so this is at best speculation. Doesn’t mean it is bad speculation!
Flummoxed@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Good one! Thanks for sharing.
gibmiser@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Vice City.
Cruise and listen to tunes.
ted@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Webfishing
BmeBenji@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Spider-man 2 mainly because who wouldn’t want to be Spider-man