[Social Experiment] Execution

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This is a social experiment game, pretty interesting way of communicating a point. I felt sick after getting the "game over", kind of made me realize a few things. It probably won't change your life, but it makes you think. To get the most out of it, follow these steps:

1)Download the game, do not read the comments posted on it.
2)Play the game.
3)Play it again.

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~~If you post comments here, please put relevant ones in spoilers~~. Scratch that. That was a bit ridiculous.

« Last Edit: December 06, 2009, 05:53:47 by StaticRomantic »

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 11:27:14 »

Spoiler: Only read if you have played the game or aren't going to (click to show/hide)

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 11:51:18 »

Quote from: StaticRomantic on November 29, 2009, 10:18:00

1)Download the game, do NOT read the comments posted on it.

Actually, your comment was enough for me to figure out the whole game.

But as a game that tries to make you feel sick, and that you did the wrong thing, it just fails. The game is titled execution, and the only thing you can do in the game, is to execute someone.
You can't tell me "Oh look at what you've done! You are a sick and horrible person.", when that's not the case. I'm just following a scripted path and I'm getting blamed for it.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2009, 12:20:27 »

Spoiler: "obligatory spoiler" (click to show/hide)

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 21:35:09 »

Spoiler: There is (was) another option (click to show/hide)

i did the same as you, LP

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 22:02:38 »

Quote from: StaticRomantic on November 29, 2009, 21:35:09

Spoiler: There is (was) another option (click to show/hide)
hitting escape pulls the gun away and reveals the "win" screen.
so no, LP and Razz, it's not your only option.
i thought the same thing, but after learning there was another (pretty obvious) option, and that I simply didn't search well enough for it, made me think more about it.
most people won't think of quitting out of the game as an option. you have to think out of the box of the mentality given to us by modern-day games (essentially "i put this guy here, you shoot him". we don't know if this guy is good or deserves to be there, we just made the choice to either shoot him or leave. that's what makes it significant.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 22:24:04 »

Quote from: Razzorman on November 29, 2009, 22:02:38

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I guess I'm not "most people" then. I thought of quitting, but it doesn't change my opinion. A game can't tell you that you are evil for pressing a button, no matter what the button "does". Its still a game, and we don't think of game situations in the same way that we would with real life situations. If I found yourself in that position in real life, I would probably act differently than you would in a game, but as it stands, I'm supposed to feel bad about doing something almost obvious in a game that offers no visible alternatives.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2009, 23:15:12 »

I actually thought of that after I learned what my previous not so much intended action did.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 08:09:22 »

Quote from: StaticRomantic on November 29, 2009, 22:24:04

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it's definitely true that almost everyone wouldn't make the same decision in every day life. but i thought about this: what if i was placed in a situation, such as, say, Nazi Germany, where i was given a gun, told to kill someone, and didn't know there were any other options available, would i have done the same? or would i have put more thought into it and tried thinking of another way out? the very fact that i shot the guy after a bit shows that I've been influenced by games at least a bit. just something that came to mind.

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Quote from: StaticRomantic on November 29, 2009, 22:24:04

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and the game didn't tell you you were a "bad person" for shooting him, but rather that you have to live with the consequences, being that you can't go back and change it.

It was pretty heavily implied though.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2009, 08:22:10 »

Quote from: Razzorman on November 30, 2009, 08:09:22

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Nazi germany is kind of a bad example since the option to just leave wouldn't exist, and even if it did, someone else would shoot the guy instead. But if you really didn't want to shoot someone, then the thought of escaping would probably cross your mind. This game doesn't show that we have been influenced by games in any way. It just shows that we are able to tell games from reality, and that we think of them in different ways.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2009, 08:36:35 »

Quote from: Salmoneous on November 30, 2009, 08:22:10

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and not execute them.

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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2009, 08:39:02 »

Quote from: koromi on November 30, 2009, 08:36:35

Quote from: Salmoneous on November 30, 2009, 08:22:10
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and not execute them.
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Re: [Social Experiment] Execution

« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2009, 09:27:41 »

Quote from: StaticRomantic on November 30, 2009, 08:39:02

Quote from: koromi on November 30, 2009, 08:36:35
Quote from: Salmoneous on November 30, 2009, 08:22:10
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and not execute them.
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-_-
Spoiler: excessive spoilerism in this post (click to show/hide)
ha.

but i believe the point Salmoneus is trying to make is that the Nazis were human, not just killing machines. which i agree with.
my set-up was more like if you were a civilian in a Nazi German camp and forced to kill someone, not if you were a Nazi yourself. (if that changes the outcome at all.)