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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: "The Exit 8" movie Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 20:00:08 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 22:00:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0965eadab5308160a89f3da8990763e8"; logging-data="3171293"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+1m+GL/aagwx2eJeyDgesqx9EaCEP/X90/7+WSw+2MZg==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pR7lOU0qq2/g/QJ60qPn/7zlbh0= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 17:48 this Thursday (GMT): > > Hey, neat! They're making a movie based on "Exit 8". > > "Exit 8", if you don't remember, was an Indie game that released > several years ago. It was extremely short (and has since been emulated > by other games), with a simple mechanic of going into a hallway and if > you see any anomalies, backing out (if no anomalies, continue forward > to the next hallway). Repeat 8 times and you make it to the exit. > While this description sounds tedious and uninteresting, the > atmosphere of the game (think spooky back-rooms) and the inventiveness > of some of the anomalies made it an enjoyable experience. My biggest > problem with the game was its price; it was $5USD for a game that > could literally be finished in ten minutes (and you could see > everything the game had to offer in about 30 minutes intensive play). > > Still, the concept was neat and the surreal setting was great. It's > not entirely clear, though, how the film producers will extend such a > short game into a full length movie (I've read that some of the > 'anomalies' the protagonist encounters will be people who mislead him, > and he doesn't know about the supernatural aspect of the corridors > from the start. Still, it all seems fairly thin). Nonetheless, I'm > interested to see how they manage. > > The film is being produced by Toho Pictures (probably better known for > its Godzilla flicks) and will only have limited released in Japan (no > surprise, as its a Japanese game set in a Japanese metro). Hopefully > it will be made available with translated subtitles for us stupid > gaijin. I'll be sure to pick it up if that's the case. Sounds interesting, but I don't have much hope it will be very good. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom