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?...
ITS A VIDEO GAME.....
ITS A VIDEO GAME..... please take your meds....and play the game....
PSYCHO!
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.
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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