It's a tad depressing to realize how cynical I sometimes can be...

[jducoeur]

Just came across this article, describing how some German researchers have developed a virtual chainsaw. The purpose of the thing is apparently to teach lumberjacks how to use chainsaws safely, by giving them a completely safe simulator that looks and feels exactly like the real thing. But my immediate reaction was, "The heck with lumberjacks -- if they can commercialize the thing, I bet they could sell a million of them as a game peripheral"...

Comments

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Army of Darkness here we come...

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, Duke Nukem Forever would be so much more entertaining! and think of an Evil Dead game! Heh.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

It'd be much more realistic if chainsaw wielding maniacs had to avoid cutting their own legs off when leaping from high platforms and such...

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Then you need omnidirectional treadmills for that level of interaction.

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQw1tsgrJOs

Yep. Great new ways to kill yourself.

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Oh come on.....brings a whole new dimension to FPS games. God.....BioShock: Immersed would rock.

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

I got to wear a hockey mask and boffer chainsaw in a Call of Chthulu LARP. The damn boffer was heavy. I can't conceive of somebody being able to carry a full-size and weight chainsaw and swing it around like a weapon for hours on end. This is why only the maniacs carry them!
-- Dagonell

Cynicism

[metageek.livejournal.com]

That's not cynical, that's good business sense. Cynical would be more along the lines of, "Somebody's going to use it to practice for their next chainsaw massacre". ;-)