Comments on: The art of Garnet Hertz

The art of Garnet Hertz

idiopath — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:26:02 -0800

Play the life simulator.

By Garnet Hertz, an artist who makes things about the internet, digital technology, and the experience of using computers. Via reddit. Garnet's work has been linked to on metafilter previously.

By: Inspector.Gadget

Inspector.Gadget — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:29:14 -0800

As an antithesis to corporate internet ideals, The Simulator proposes that easy navigation, usefulness, and factual information should not be the goal of all websites. Without the information noise and jungle, the web would be reduced to a dry, sterile marketing spam-center. But what about the corporate water?

By: czechmate

czechmate — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:30:56 -0800

Isn't this life simulator from 5 years ago or something? It seems to me I flipped that burger before and it wasn't because I worked at McDonald's.

By: Uppity Pigeon #2

Uppity Pigeon #2 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:33:47 -0800

Isn't this life simulator from 5 years ago or something? Yeah, this thing is definitely covered in some serious cobwebs. But it still depresses me.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:48:26 -0800

Rise and shine, campers, cause it's Groundhog Day!

By: Pants!

Pants! — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:52:14 -0800

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:53:13 -0800

Very realistic for me at least; I'm the only guy I know who would make the Big Macs with that degree of care. Perfect. In the wild, they are always slapped together by people who patently don't care about even distribution of the component ingredients.

By: idiopath

idiopath — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:53:39 -0800

Good catch east manitoba, I searched but obviously not hard enough.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:59:02 -0800

if i can't hit the snooze button three times, i'm not interested.. I'm thinking my kid wrote something like this in basic on an old TI back in the 90's

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:02:50 -0800

Pants!: "See also." Now that was a life simulator. You can play it online here. (Previously) (More previously)

By: swift

swift — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:09:54 -0800

'm the only guy I know who would make the Big Macs with that degree of care. If you make 5 burgers a day they'd better be perfect. And cold.

By: scratch

scratch — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:10:06 -0800

Corporate ideals? I had a choice between five brand-name real hair products and five brand-name real cereals and no option to not choose them.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:32:59 -0800

In the wild, they are always slapped together by people who patently don't care about even distribution of the component ingredients. "Craftsmanship" and "BigMac" just don't belong in the same sentence, like "Taliban" and "Balloon" It just seems wrong.

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:50:48 -0800

How do I level up?

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:52:19 -0800

tl;dlive

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:57:17 -0800

like "Taliban" and "Balloon" It just seems wrong. or so, so right.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:12:05 -0800

Seriously, any life simulator that forces you to apply hair gel is completely ridiculous.

By: TedW

TedW — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:19:37 -0800

Seriously, any life simulator that forces you to apply hair gel is completely ridiculous. And for me, any life simulator with 8:00 as the default wake up time is like a luxurious fantasy; usually I have been at work for an hour by 8:00 am and if I have a day off, my daughter makes sure we are awake between 7:00 and 7:30. What is this snooze button I am reading about? Perhaps I will use my AskMe for this week to find out.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:28:51 -0800

Yeah and what's with this showering shit, anyway? STOP LOOKING AT ME!

By: TedW

TedW — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:37:17 -0800

STOP LOOKING AT ME! Oh, now I see it says not_on_display. Anyway, now that I have played the game a few more times, I feel like eating a few Big Macs and then catch a little HGTV before bed.

By: explosion

explosion — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:12:21 -0800

Stood in a too-hot shower, didn't get burned. Ate 4 bowls of cereal, didn't get full or have to poop. Seriously, maybe I'm so disillusioned that I can't appreciate this thing's earnestness. I can't help but think that if Lore Sjoberg did this, there'd be hilarious consequences.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:22:44 -0800

No option for no hair gel. FAIL

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:22:59 -0800

I think about this every once in a while and I'm glad to see it again.

By: regicide is good for you

regicide is good for you — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:39:11 -0800

Jean shirt?

By: so_necessary

so_necessary — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:08:24 -0800

It's from 1997! I think I remember it doing the rounds in about 2000 or something... it was a "Cool Site of The Day" after all.

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:27:57 -0800

It's no Jones In The Fast Lane that's for sure.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:41:01 -0800

The best life simulator I've encountered remains Mirek's Cellebration. I've wasted quite a bit of time on that one.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:45:35 -0800

That must be what Don Gorske dreams about.

By: FelliniBlank

FelliniBlank — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:48:02 -0800

My life is already an incredible simulation, thanks.

By: sararah

sararah — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:16:32 -0800

I love that "Hometime" is one of your television show options. That is like sooooo 1998.

By: autodidact

autodidact — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:40:42 -0800

Here are some links that I enjoy (sparkly unicorn graphic).

By: sharpener

sharpener — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:14:02 -0800

That made we want a big mac.

By: rusty

rusty — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:45:45 -0800

1997, huh? Think of all the things that hadn't happened yet when this was life.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:18:32 -0800

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By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:36:13 -0800

I worked at McDonalds when I was a kid. Dreaming about making hamburgers I count as some of the worst nightmares I've ever had.