An urgent need to play

November 14, 2017 1:55 AM

Gamepee - connect with your audience through the interactive experience of this new technology in advergaming. (Yes, the start-up behind this is Belgian.)
posted by progosk (17 comments total)

Not sure the amount of splash they will save by gamifying attention to aim is going to offset the almost irresistible desire to inflict a magnificent golden torrent upon the device itself.

Especially if the fucker is trying to show me commercials while I piss.
posted by flabdablet at 2:57 AM on November 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

Too casual. How long does a regular pee even last? Not long enough to really develop a story or even set the mood in a game. However, the other reason to visit the toilet, that's where the potential for proper gaming lies. Sometimes you can even fit a mini-campaign into a visit, if you're (un)lucky.

Dibs on not developing that controller, though...
posted by Harald74 at 3:05 AM on November 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

Heh - prior art (from SEGA, no less....)
posted by progosk at 3:56 AM on November 14, 2017

(Oh, even priorer...)
posted by progosk at 4:02 AM on November 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

Streaming games are right around the corner!
posted by jenkinsEar at 4:18 AM on November 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

It's all fun and games until somebody rage quits.
posted by PlusDistance at 4:49 AM on November 14, 2017

Also, that game sets unrealistic standards for firefighters.
posted by PlusDistance at 4:52 AM on November 14, 2017

They have an ipad mounted on the wall with a next gen controller and it still a push button flush? Weird priorities for tech upgrade.
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:02 AM on November 14, 2017

Me and my friends always hi five before I leave the table. That's just how we roll
posted by fungible at 5:28 AM on November 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

The Germans have been doing this for years with the "hit the fly" feature baked into their urinals. No high tech required.
posted by lagomorphius at 6:08 AM on November 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

Ping pong ball with a couple of meridians in heavy black marker works too. Kind of a stream powered fidget spinner.
posted by flabdablet at 7:39 AM on November 14, 2017

Yeah, encouraging drunk people to aim their pee in different directions can't POSSIBLY go badly.

Why, yes, I do have experience cleaning public bathrooms. Why do you ask?
posted by Samizdata at 8:13 AM on November 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

The phrase "wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire" came to mind when looking at the kid. The dog was cute. The kid, well, he could burn for all I cared. I think I've become desensitized to harm to obvious human representations that are not actually human. Probably all the video games.
posted by Hactar at 8:27 AM on November 14, 2017

OK so how is that kid getting from room to room so quickly if the house is on fire? I call shenanigans.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:37 AM on November 14, 2017

Are...are they serious?
posted by Naberius at 8:53 AM on November 14, 2017

Well that’s gonna get hacked
posted by oceanjesse at 2:06 PM on November 14, 2017

jokes on them i pee sitting down
posted by symbioid at 1:04 PM on November 15, 2017