Real-World Hackers Discredit Technology Used In Watch Dogs Video Game
Hackers aroundÂ the World have been rampantly postingÂ online about their opinions on theÂ new UbisoftÂ video game âWatch Dogs,â which was released last week. Â The video gameÂ is based around a fictional hacker who wanders the streets of Chicago using his cell phone to control nearly any electronic device he wishes, which he uses to gain information and help avoid cyber-terrorists.âAs a hacker, it makes me feel really lame â I could point my phone at a person, and it wonât just hack their bank account. Â Itâs completely absurd that this guy can do this stuff with such ease.â Said a self-proclaimed hacker who goes by the online name Lord Nikon. âThe game makes it look too easy. He just scans people with his cell phone, takes their cash or their music, unlocks a car, and drives like an assholeÂ through the city. I canât do any of that at all. WatchdogsÂ is totally unrealistic.âThroughout the years, the art of hacking has been portrayed throughout movies, television, and now video games as some sort of exciting, other-worldlyÂ experience, where the hacker is always a half-step ahead of the law or other hackers, and spends their nights staring at a computer screen filled with gorgeous graphics. As hacker Cereal KillerÂ points out to us, that isnât generally the case.âYou know, I donât see the big deal with this guy in the game.â Said Killer. âEven if I could just take a stroll and steal peoples stuff, walking just takes too much outta me, ya know? I like doing this stuff because I can sit here in my room, eating Bagel Bites, downloading music illegally and watching anime porn. Thatâs the true life of a hacker. Well, at least itâs my true life. I canât really speak for everyone.âReal-life hackers tend to experience extreme amounts of boredom brought on by so much waiting around, so bringing the technology developed for the fictional story in Watchdogs to lifeÂ would be a silver lining for the hoards of anonymousÂ hackers throughout the world.âIf these people could walk aroundÂ while hacking the computers around them, it would greatly decrease their risks of collapse due to ennui.â Says Dr. Emmanuel Goldstein of the Chicago Memorial Hospital, cardiology division. âThis concept wouldÂ be the best thing to happen to cyber-crime since the invention of wireless internet!âAs technology expands,Â the hackers that we spoke with had mixed feelings about how great it would be to be able to commit hack the people around themÂ like a character in a video game.âI prefer to just relax, enjoy a Jolt cola, and watch reruns of The Outer Limits with my girlfriend AcidBurn.â Said a hacker whose online alias is ZeroCool. âI just canât imagine why Iâd want to run all over the city and get all sweaty. Hacking is an intelligent manâs game, a real-world thrill posed in an unreal world. Iâll keep playing the game, but I would never buy into that sort of technology.â