Paul Frew
Play video games against millions of bacteria
February 25th 2008 11:00
Read the article here!
The idea was to reach a new segment of the market:
"But what led him to microbes was the idea that he could reach a potential market of "5 million million trillion bacteria...Now there's a target demographic worth shooting for.""
The idea is to overlay a game on a petri dish, and use a microwave emitter to stimulate the bacteria into moving or dying. A player could defend his castle, as shown above, from the bacteria.
The idea of levelling up is interesting, though... over time, the bacteria would naturally select to survive the situation, making it harder for the player to win.
Meretzsky's final words are oddly compelling:
""The game that makes germ warfare available to the whole family. The game that puts the fun back in fungicide. The first massively micro-player game.""
Man, I want to put the fun back in fungicide... imagine if this game could be elevated to you playing against the bacteria in your body? The price for failure could be huge, but what a way to fix yourself better!
*this image is from the News.com article
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