Here's a pretty interesting… er, idea. From Joystiq: "Lose/Lose, [is] a top-down shooter that generates aliens based on files in your computer; files that are permanently deleted when said aliens are killed." You read that right; each alien creature you kill corresponds to an actual file on your machine, which gets deleted at the same time you kill the monster. Gameplay itself is pretty identical to the classic shooter Galaga, but the risk of total system destruction via extended play is a M. Night Shyamalan-esque twist, I suppose.
The author of the game has a rather grandiose explanation for its purpose, which is allegedly less about "let's delete random files on your computer" and more of a surrealist statement on what it means to kill, good vs bad, and what is right in war. Personally I'm not buying it, I think his explanation was the first alien to get nuked.
The official site has further extrapolation as well as a gameplay video if you're not brave enough to download it yourself; it's also got a list of high scores for the "lucky" few who managed to clock in.
(No lolcats were harmed in the making of this entry.)
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