I cant stop playing this game
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this game reminds me of a psychology experiment i volunteered to do for extra credit as an undergrad, except fun.
/random
2 hours in a small room at a computer wearing headphones. On the computer screen was a button to be clicked when you heard a certain sound from the headphones (to be wed out from another dozen or so sounds that functioned as noise), a handful of scattered "light bulbs" to be clicked when they lit up, a falling ball that had to be raised with your cursor before it hit the bottom of the screen, and a 15 second timer which needed a click of spacebar to save it from zero and to restart its countdown.
in the center of the screen was an simple arithmetic problem (28*7, 983-278, [13*42]-17, ect) to be calculated in your head, typed into the box, confirmed by hitting enter and, upon which, would be replaced by a new problem. a new problem would also come up - counting the previous unanswered problem against you - if you let the timer hit zero, didn't click a lightbulb fast enough, or failed to keep the ball "up."
the amount of extra credit was directly related to how well you performed (accuracy/speed of your arithmetic and sound detection) relative to others [i don't know if i believe this now, but at the time i certainly did].
i had to do well if i wanted to keep a $3,500/semester scholarship.
in retrospect, i would have preferred a couple 10 second waterboardings.
/random
2 hours in a small room at a computer wearing headphones. On the computer screen was a button to be clicked when you heard a certain sound from the headphones (to be wed out from another dozen or so sounds that functioned as noise), a handful of scattered "light bulbs" to be clicked when they lit up, a falling ball that had to be raised with your cursor before it hit the bottom of the screen, and a 15 second timer which needed a click of spacebar to save it from zero and to restart its countdown.
in the center of the screen was an simple arithmetic problem (28*7, 983-278, [13*42]-17, ect) to be calculated in your head, typed into the box, confirmed by hitting enter and, upon which, would be replaced by a new problem. a new problem would also come up - counting the previous unanswered problem against you - if you let the timer hit zero, didn't click a lightbulb fast enough, or failed to keep the ball "up."
the amount of extra credit was directly related to how well you performed (accuracy/speed of your arithmetic and sound detection) relative to others [i don't know if i believe this now, but at the time i certainly did].
i had to do well if i wanted to keep a $3,500/semester scholarship.
in retrospect, i would have preferred a couple 10 second waterboardings.
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From: Cincinnati, OH
Originally Posted by 714s2k,Aug 11 2009, 09:05 AM
Hard to play when you have to keep looking over your shoulder for your boss 
this one takes a lot of concentration and a lot of keyboard mashing... did one try and got 44 i'll go back later when i'm not as busy /boss isn't around and do more 
