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Post number 7684

waxpancake — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:00:16 -0800

The Tekken Torture Tournament wires competitors into a "modified Tekken III Playstation console which converts virtual damage into a bracing, but non-lethal electric shock." (If you live in the Los Angeles area and have a high tolerance for pain, there's still time to register.)

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:15:19 -0800

wah00! time for all those kids who think they're so tough because they're good at a game can now put their money where their mouth is.

By: xiffix

xiffix — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:16:08 -0800

Looking at that website for 60 seconds was torture enough.

By: bradlands

bradlands — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:21:24 -0800

Electric shock? I'm assuming, given the California power crunch, they're using a legion of interns in house slippers shuffling their feet on shag carpeting to generate this?

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:33:42 -0800

Of course the website's painful. It separates the men from the boys! If you can't handle some looping animated GIFs, are you really ready for the PSG-MAX?

By: machaus

machaus — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:38:32 -0800

I'm holding out for their version of Virtual Valerie...

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:53:33 -0800

How long until some politician comes along and tries to ban this?

By: darukaru

darukaru — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:59:49 -0800

A *real* visionary politician would be saying "I think this system should be mandatory on all new video game equipment sold in the US. Teach those kids that violence hurts!" (Plus, it would make Sony's 'Dual Shock' controller truer to its name.)

By: john

john — Mon, 14 May 2001 15:55:07 -0800

Never Say Never Again's world domination game anyone?

By: dogwelder

dogwelder — Mon, 14 May 2001 20:24:23 -0800

I'm glad they specify that it's a non-lethal shock; for a moment I thought the game area would be filled with people reduced to ash.

By: CrayDrygu

CrayDrygu — Tue, 15 May 2001 14:48:19 -0800

So am I the only one who read the rest of the site they linked to for the PSG-MAX unit?

By: sonofsamiam

sonofsamiam — Tue, 15 May 2001 15:46:54 -0800

Electric catheters?! Ye gods!