You can't win the game, it exists only to destroy your mind

[jwise0]

Tom7 (the author) has done quite a lot of great stuff; his game "T in Y world" [1] is pretty good, and you may also remember him from his programs Learnfun & Playfun, which taught themselves to play Super Mario (and various other NES games) [2].

Do check out more of his work!

[1] http://tinyworld.spacebar.org/ [2] http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tom7/mario/

[pbhjpbhj]

It seems like the gaming equivalent of an anti-joke. Anti-jokes can be funny because they're not funny in the way you expect. The self-similarity and the structure of the map make it seem like you can achieve something but there's really no goal .. maybe that's really a lot more like most video games than one cares to consider.

All it needs is some soothing bloops and beeps to make it that but more of a non-goal oriented Skinner box - akin to Tetris without the scoring.

[deaconblues]

I played for a minute or two, said "Huh," and closed the tab. Sure feels like I won.

[fnordsensei]

Indeed! Only losers need a machine to tell them that they are winners.

[EliRivers]

What did you win?

[RyanMcGreal]

Weird stuff starts happening when you try to stack all the squares up against the left wall.

http://i.imgur.com/kc51uSQ.png

[0xbadf00d]

I feel like I have taken the red pill while watching Inception.

[tehaugmenter]

Fuck my head is so broken right now. NEVER AGAIN.

[acconrad]

You can never win the game[1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)

[staffordrj]

Incorrect http://xkcd.com/391/

[alexg0]

Damn you. Life was much better before we knew about "The Game".

[zipwitch]

God damn it. Please warn people before posting cognitive hazards.

[burke]

I've been winning that game for over a year now. Damn it.

[sharkweek]

Actually I did win the game - we all won the game. It only exists to benefit your mind.

[ultrafez]

It's hard to win the game when you can't determine what the goal is.

[danielweber]

The goal is right in the title of this page.

[ominous]

Said it before, but: if you hold shift, you can navigate the 'map'.

[utopiah]

Where is the Occulus Rift version?

[hosh]

That would be awesome, though I wonder what you can do with a third dimension and additional freedom of movement?

[dalke]

"The only winning move is not to play." - WOPR

[at-fates-hands]

"How about a nice game of chess?"

I thought the computer went by Joshua, since that's what Dr, Falkan referred to it in the last scene of the movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93KC4AGKnY

[goblin89]

“Freedom to keep playing is a Bombadil-like equilibrium of worthlessness: the un-valued here-and-now.” — RF

[rsahai91]

i fell into an abyss. I consider that a win.

[scottcanoni]

I also was able to "escape" the maze and fall into an abyss. I agree, that is winning :)

[miningold]

Yeah, I just left the game

[jonifico]

Now this is a vicious one! I love how you can group the blocks one after the other and be all WTF is going on heeeere? Is it me or loops are becoming quite a trend? Yes, Silent Hills teaser, I'm talking about you.

[splatcollision]

I almost won but there are other players that keep getting in my way!

[Springtime]

Looks like we killed it. Site's down. Edit: back up.

[gdg92989]

Accurate description.

[bradleypowers]

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.