In this game, you play as a system administrator.
Your objective is to keep your datacenter alive at all cost. Keeping humans alive is optional.
This can be as simple as a temporary power outage. But later on in the game, you will be promoted or hired to various positions, where you will encounter progressively harder situations.
E.g.
A fire spreading through servers.
Corporate Spies trying to tap into corporate computers.
Multiple natural disasters knocking out multiple server facilities around the world.
A combination of a STUXNET style virus trying to shut down computers in a top secret Iranian facility, while being assaulted by teams of special operatives.
all cumulating to...
Keeping Google, Wikipedia, and the as much of the major backbones of the internet on-line for survivors of the Zombie Apocalypse. (Even if its via slow communication channels over Packet Radio via Amateur operators, or by pigeons via IPoAC )-- mofosyne, Dec 01 2013 IP over Avian Carriers http://en.wikipedia...over_Avian_CarriersIn computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a humorously-intended proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons. [mofosyne, Dec 01 2013] // Keeping humans alive is optional. //
Would you mind at all if we worshipped you as a God ?
[+]-- 8th of 7, Dec 01 2013 Too much like work.-- RayfordSteele, Dec 01 2013 Bun, but only if your character in the game occasionally has to personally grab an MP5 and defend the server room.-- DIYMatt, Dec 01 2013 // grab an MP5 and defend the server room //
Against what - snails ? What are you going to do, club them with it ? Puh-lease ..
Either an SP-10, or a MAC-10 in .45ACP - as a backup to a G3A4 in 7.62x51mm*.
*In our server room, that's just the standard equipment for the cleaning lady; we of course are considerably better equipped ...-- 8th of 7, Dec 02 2013 + //In our server room, that's just the standard equipment for the cleaning lady// [See 'Terminator 2']-- DrBob, Dec 02 2013 " Hey, just what you see, pal."-- 8th of 7, Dec 03 2013 random, halfbakery