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Subject: Re: Defcon: Most horrifying game ever?
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 08:10:37 +0000
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On 05/01/2025 11:12, vallor wrote:
>> For some reason, your story about Defcon reminded me of it.
> Both also remind me of_Plague Inc.: Evolved_, which my Steam
> library says I played in March of 2015.
> 
> I "won" the game, which was to wipe out humanity with a plague.
> Very bleak when you actually do it, and I tell myself "it's only
> a game. It's only a game..."
> 
> The feeling of doom as the human population counts down to
> zero is profound.
> 
> It looks like they released a DLC called "The Cure" in 2021,
> where you save the world.  I might have to give that a try.

I have that on the iPad and it's one of the few games where I think it's 
a better platform that the PC. A bit bored on a train journey, just fire 
it up and see how many people you can kill.

Like you, there is something morbid about watching those infected ships 
and planes and hoping that you can start another infection.