[georgyo]

You may not remember GameSharks, but those things did you exactly what you suggest. As do most game cheat engines. Editing the state, directly in RAM, without the program's knowledge.

The next time something tries to use whatever memory or function it overroad, it would pick up your version instead.

[0x457]

I think this is more like introducing and RCE into your body, since CRISPR essentially modifies your executable code?

[thrw42A8N]

DNA is more like configuration for your molecural factories.

[chiffre01]

I remember having a Game Genie, it worked sometimes. But like the article says. it would also make things glitchy and crash everything now and then.

[jncfhnb]

Not surprising. They weren’t designed cheat codes. Folks would try stuff, sort of figure out what it did, and then publish it with a name.

[hoherd]

FYI doing this to a game is illegal in Japan, which kinda makes it seem like CRISPR should also be illegal in Japan.