Do you dare to “surprise” a flight? An incredible new game challenges you to stare into space for hours – only the fearless will survive!
I’ve always found the video game “airplane mode” a little odd. You’re sitting in your airplane seat for six hours. Your flight takes off. You’re served a meal. Other passengers and crew move around the cabin. Babies might cry. Is your WiFi working, and if so, when will it go out? Your flight might even be delayed.
But then came Plane Food Simulator, where you try to eat on an airplane. You choose the type of meal you want (you can even choose a Japanese dish!), but have to deal with turbulence and other challenges along the way.
Now something has completely surpassed that. It’s the right stupid game for this stupid timeline we live in. Rawdog Simulator.
This summer, “raw dogging” was all the rage because someone decided it meant sitting on an airplane staring into space with nothing to do — nothing to read, no in-flight entertainment — and the phrase itself sounds kind of transgressive.
Some say meditation is good for you, others say it’s a danger to your mental health. But no matter how much people want to make this a real trend, there aren’t more people doing it. Sure, maybe it’s happened more often in the last seven years, when American Airlines – which used to have screens in the backs of seats on most domestic planes – started removing them. But there aren’t any Really a new trend here.
If you don’t want to do this on a plane, but just want to try out the concept, the game works like this: You get on the plane, choose a seat, and sit down. And stare. For as long as you can.
The game reportedly uses “eye-tracking” technology to ensure you’re focused on your computer screen and not cheating by averting your gaze. When you’re done rawdogging, the game records how long you’ve been playing, and if you’re among the best rawdoggers, your scores are posted in a public list on the game’s website. … (I)t appears that the player named “mew no last name” is the reigning champion, with a recorded playtime of 18 hours and 40 minutes.
Maybe just play the latest Flight Simulator instead?
(HT: Paul H)
