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Mind-bending game: 'Submachine 4'

Mateusz Skutnik is an artist and game author. He specialises in escape games - from the funny and cartoon-like Great Living Room Escape and Great Kitchen Escape, through candy-sweet Escape Artist, to somewhat creepy Daymare Town. Another project of his is the Submachine series: a mysterious, dark world filled with strange machines you have to use to find your way through.

In a typical escape game you are locked in a room and, using the objects available, have to find a way of getting out. Skutnik's games often go beyond that, closer to classic adventure games, and Submachine 4: The Lab goes even further. On the website it's called "the largest and most mind-bending of all the Submachine games" and this description seems very suitable...

What do we have here? A journey through several strange, deserted places. An abandoned note about the "greatest puzzle" that borders on theology. And a few sentences of "Help" (available by clicking the "?" sign): "(...) Don't be afraid. Be careful. Stay focused."... I guess he only forgot to add "Just breathe".

Generally it's a good example how "stupid games" can actually become very clever and even philosophical. But it will surely make some people ask about what inspired the author... If you are able to find all the "secrets" - tiny blue balls - you will be shown sources of inspiration like the view from the author's window. But is this all?...

Posted By Nowhere Girl at 2008-09-24 00:47:11 permalink | comments
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its your balls. : 2008-10-12 20:03:00
dude..you'll never in your life get your balls licked with that attitude. Never! your whole life is a long time to go with out your balls in someone's mouth.
go on then. : 2008-10-10 07:26:49
give us all root with a 000 umask and post your own IP here. run your services with default usernames and blank passwords.
777.7 / 777.69 then, wasn't it. : 2008-10-10 07:24:54
If it's no big deal, why don't they change their own servers to permission level 777, and put their own IP in the game?
leet haXor klub!. : 2008-10-08 11:47:32
oooh look at me also, I'm root! oh I'm soooooooo clever
dept of dingbats. : 2008-10-08 11:46:00
ooh look at me i'm so clever i can operate my windows browser with only the chip in my brain, i'll be freeeee that way! wheeee!
give it a rest, fags. : 2008-10-08 11:44:36
Um, no - you're stupid and have no idea of what websites and games have in them.

I realise you don't comprehend what the original comments here were saying about the IP, but the point is: then you also should be aware that you have NO CLUE at all as to what they mean; therefore you should then be well aware of what a fuckwit you sound like to try to contradict me.

It's not paranoid you daft cunt(s), it's TRUE.

The other tired old bs possibility is: you know it's true and you actually think your asshole attitude will disguise how much you need people to play your twatty little game so you can add them to your botnet or send their details to military marketing.

It's so fucking obvious you think you're clever with that bs screenshot choice and then putting that IP in. You stupid cunts. You think you are 'masters of the matrix' or some shit like that.

your right. : 2008-10-04 02:13:55
your right...they are watching YOU!!!! the people who watch submachine 4 are watching you...and they say....take your medication johnny!
your psychotic and paranoid. : 2008-10-04 02:11:37
dude....did you take you meds today?
ITS A VIDEO GAME.....
ITS A VIDEO GAME.....

please take your meds....and play the game....
PSYCHO!

why do they want to know who's interested?. : 2008-10-03 13:20:00
Do you have some kind of comprehension issues?

If you were making a game, would you choose a military IP and put it in your game, and also include dialogue in your game surrounding the IP that matched in some way what the IP is all about?

It's a bit like all those movies etc that started putting mentions of things like area51 in the scripts; a first it was a novelty and - hey! someone put that in a film. Now though there actually are people who think area51 was made up fictionally, because it's been in so many fictional things.

Maybe the game is fun, so what? Using a gov IP is a step further than using a gov address. Know why? - because few people will be able to up and travel out to some physical site, but everyone that can access that game can not only access that IP, but they are also likely being monitored if they show any interest in the game, etc.
Which is a bit harder to do if they are watching a film that mentions some base.
Get para about that if you want; things are all monitored. i'm not saying it should be worried about in that sense, I'm just saying it's obvious and lame to anyone that realises what it means that it uses a real gov IP.
Why don't they use their own IPs or one that is public and not doing shady things, or use an internal range, or just make up one that doesn't exist? Do they warn you in the game that is a real IP? I bet they don't.
I'd have made the game available from my own server, and used that as an IP - anyone that doesn't, you have to wonder if they are just doing some experiment.

Your attitude anyway is classic 'brainwashed' behaviour. 'it's just a game'....but really, none of those things are 'just games'. That's the point. Surely you know the diff between a real game and what those 'in that line of work' think game means. They game with their souls, life is irreal to them.

Other possibility: some lameo is having a laff to themselves hoping to send a bunch of traffic to that IP, so they can rag on their mate that's an admin there later.

In any case I wouldn't touch it with a proverbial 10 ft bargepole. With that IP in it, no doubt it's riddled with malware and trojans that send your online activity and hdd data out, and even if you uninstall it - you know Windows, those spy bits will stay in your Registry for ever, oh unless you want to remove every other application you ever installed.
You do know about that? It's not made up.

'they won't do anything with the data blah blah blah.' why do they want it then? If you knew what I know and am unable to convey in words; well, you wouldn't try those lameo comebacks on me like anyone that matters could possibly believe you that's any way to behave. 'it's fun' oh for fucks sake....yeah coca cola tastes nice to you also doesn't it. Or fast food or pepsi or some shit like that.
Haven't you noticed that whole dumbass culture is falling apart kind of spectacularly right now.

So you know, don't bother with the 'fake conspiracy website' patter, like it's not worthy of considerable comment what that IP actually is. Especially at a drugs site, where unsuspecting folks are likely to go clicking it.
By all means, if it's used to send you out free baggies then let me know along with some evidence and I'll retract most of my comments here and promote it instead.

Otherwise, unless anyone can give a good reason why that real actual IP, then: bargepole, 10ft, not touching.


just a game pt. 2. : 2008-09-29 19:14:41
the screenshot is part of a video game....its not real....it might be a "real" IP range..but dude..have you even played the game? I liked it so much i played the whole series. When does submachine 6 come out?
it'll be that lower-astral wankers cult again. : 2008-09-28 07:26:41
It'll be that fat Xenu-wannabe tard that sits on every forum talking pish, it's the type of a-hole that thinks making itself look hard and military connected is the same as having actual power.
still not impressed. : 2008-09-27 17:10:05
The IP on the picture is a real DoD IP.

And it does do some loopy loopback stuff, as I said in my other comments there.

justa game. : 2008-09-26 17:13:27
dude...its just a game...a pretty cool one at that!
not impressed. : 2008-09-25 09:32:08
Well I'm still here, so I guess the DoD was already spying on me anyway. Their lower levels obviously. What's the point of what the app on the server is doing anyway? It's like a mall map telling you where you just where before you got to the 'you are here' bit.
probably not a good idea to have port scanned that one. : 2008-09-24 09:56:02
That IP is weird (weird results that sort of loopback to your own ISPs servers), is it a Dept of Defense range (DoD, .mil ........)

"OrgName: DoD Network Information Center
OrgID: DNIC
Address: 3990 E. Broad Street
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43218
Country: US

NetRange: 144.235.0.0 - 144.235.255.255
CIDR: 144.235.0.0/16
NetName: DODIIS3
NetHandle: NET-144-235-0-0-1
Parent: NET-144-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
Comment: NONE
Comment: NONE
Comment: NONE
RegDate:
Updated: 2008-06-03

OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network DoD
OrgTechPhone: +1-614-692-2708
OrgTechEmail: HOSTMASTER@nic.mil
"

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