This unexpected bite caught even Lin Lixin off guard.
In an instant, the room was filled with a sour smell.
For something as big as testing a new device, almost the entire development team was present.
Almost everyone was staring intently at Sam just now, and the impact of that bite was terrifying.
Several people nearby also began to feel nauseous.
For a moment, Lin Lixin even had the illusion that he had traveled into the movie " Theme Hospital ".
What is this? Sudden vomiting outbreaks spreading within the hospital?!
"Goodness, you can get dizzy from such low-frequency vibrations?"
Lin Lixin sighed in exasperation and quickly helped Sam was already pale and unable to stand straight, off the machine, then urgently cut off the power.
This thing doesn't vibrate at a very high frequency.
Compared to the R360, which Yu Suzuki tinkered with and that truly rotated 360 degrees, this thing is mild enough.
"I... Ugh! Cough cough, I'm not sure, it might be because of the subwoofer's resonance... Ugh!" Sam clutched his chest, his whole body slumped down, all his previous energy gone.
His condition only improved slightly after several people helped him lie down on the sofa.
"Could it be that there was something wrong with the fast food I ate this morning... Ugh..."
Intense tinnitus and chest tightness kept assaulting his consciousness.
The world spun around me, and all I could see were GoldStar.
Sam had never felt this strange before, as if someone had given him a potent sleeping potion.
Even my memories are showing strange, skipped frames, as if something has been ripped out of my head.
Lin Lixin frowned as he looked at him, then reached out and touched Sam's forehead.
There was no fever, so it definitely felt like a sudden, acute illness.
On the worst, it might be a stomach problem.
"You're making cold drinks and fast food every day..." Lin Lixin sighed helplessly, took out his mobile phone, and dialed a number.
" Caneghem, come to headquarters."
There are indeed medical experts in Gamenova.
Joe Van Caneghem, a game developer who started with a PhD in medicine, is also the creator of Might and Magic.
Currently, he is training with Infocom at the Gamenova campus in Southern California.
More than an hour later.
Sam has finally recovered.
Caneghem, who rushed over, learned the whole story and immediately began to examine the situation.
After a long pause, he shook his head.
"Aside from some weakness, no other obvious problems were found. I suggest you go to Cedars-Sinai for further examination with instruments."
"No need, I feel much better now. It was probably just a minor accident because I wasn't prepared."
Sam sat up from the sofa. After such a long recovery period, the dizziness he had felt earlier was mostly gone.
"It's probably just that I stayed up too late last night and ate something unsuitable this morning. Think about it, when 'Quake' came out, didn't a lot of people experience dizziness due to 3D motion sickness?"
"This isn't some 3D game..."
Lin Lixin turned his head and looked at the arcade machine not far away.
"Wait..."
A very bad premonition suddenly welled up in his mind.
"Arrange a car immediately to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. I'm coming too! Bring that arcade machine with you!"
Cedars-Sinai.
The preliminary medical examination results are in.
Just as Caneghem had predicted, aside from the uric acid issues caused by staying up late and dietary problems, Sam was practically a wild beast.
"No... is it really necessary to make such a fuss? Just tell them I'm fine..." Sam looked at his medical report and sighed helplessly.
How did things get so messed up?
I heard that Lin Lixin did the same thing when Vivian was unwell last time; he took her straight to the hospital.
In the end, it was just about gathering material.
Sam even suspected that Lin Lixin was just using him as an excuse to come and gather information once again.
Lin does indeed often do these heartless things.
He looked up at Lin Lixin, who was standing beside him talking to an expert, and was slightly taken aback.
Lin Lixin's expression was no longer as relaxed as before; instead, it was serious and solemn.
Sam had rarely seen Lin Lixin show such an expression.
Can...
But my medical examination report clearly shows no problems.
"Mr. Lin, although the other results aren't back yet, based on my experience, I haven't found anything wrong; it's certainly not poisoning or an infection." "Hmm..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Lixin's expression became even more serious.
This is not good news for him.
"Can you perform EEG tests here? Arrange a test for him; I suspect it might be... epilepsy."
"Epilepsy..."
The doctor stroked his chin, carefully considering Lin Lixin's words.
"You suspect this is a symptom of brain damage? Light triggering abnormal neural activity?"
"It's not certain yet, let's arrange for testing as soon as possible."
After all, Cedars-Sinai is a major client, and the inspection procedures were arranged in no time.
Sam's head was covered in sensor electrodes, and the doctor began measuring his resting EEG.
After confirming that the resting EEG was normal, the IPS intermittent Flash stimulation test was then conducted.
Lin Lixin sat quietly to the side, watching the doctor's procedure. He was doing this partly to analyze the measurement results, and partly to gain some experience points.
The frequency of the medical strobe light was slowly adjusted under the doctor's guidance.
First it was 1Hz, then 2Hz... and it gradually increased like that.
Throughout the first half, the results of eeg showed no abnormalities.
The situation changed abruptly at 18 Hz.
A sharp spike suddenly appeared on the eeg.
Lin Lixin's eyes narrowed, and his heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, this is solid proof.
He glanced at Sam sitting there, clicked his tongue, and shook his head.
"That poor kid..."
The results of this photoemission reaction are enough to prove many things.
Lin Lixin stood up, walked over to Sam who was still looking bewildered, licked his lips, and after a long pause, finally found the right words. " Sam, I have good news and bad news."
"... Could it be that a real problem has been discovered?"
The good news is that your organs are in good condition. Congratulations, you are still considered healthy.
Lin Lixin gently patted his shoulder.
"And the bad news... you have mild Photosensitive Epilepsy, which means you'll have to avoid light pollution and fast-flickering video games from now on."
A kid who dreamed of becoming a game developer turned out to be a Photosensitive Epilepsy patient.
Lin Lixin was at a loss for words.
This couldn't be worse than that.
"Photosensitive... epilepsy?"
Upon hearing this term, the doctor standing nearby immediately thought of a neurological term: Flash -induced epilepsy.
"Hmm... but some follow-up testing is still needed."
Lin Lixin nodded and looked at Caneghem beside him, " Caneghem, have someone bring the machine up. We're going to be busy today. By the way, Doctor, do we have a computer here?"
Based on the results of this inspection, Lin Lixin immediately began to perform a thorough overhaul of the entire arcade machine, giving each part a meticulous "check-up."
It was only after the investigation that things started to look bad; the results were enough to send chills down Lin Lixin's spine.
Damn, that almost caused a huge disaster!
To complement the dazzling lighting effects of " Beat Hazard," this arcade machine uses a new high-brightness CRT television, which improves both brightness and color performance by a significant level.
Lin Lixin was initially quite pleased with himself.
In addition, there are strobe lights and Japan flashing in sync with the music, as well as various full-screen bullet comments and exaggerated special effects.
Of course, the most important thing is the design of two players, one red and one blue, on the left and one on the right.
Both sides will generate massive amounts of light pollution and flash wildly in their respective colors.
This whole bunch of things combined makes for a veritable disaster-making machine.
Because he had never encountered this problem in previous game development, Lin Lixin had almost forgotten about it. If he were to actually release it like this...
This is absolutely an epic public relations crisis that started with at least hundreds of people experiencing convulsions and falling into comas.
This event was originally supposed to have been discovered by Pokémon.
In one episode, Pikachu fought with Porygon, causing a full five seconds of high-frequency alternating red and blue flashing.
The animation team deliberately designed that lighting effect to depict the Flash during the explosion.
Unexpectedly, in those brief five seconds, over 600 spectators across Japan experienced Photosensitive Epilepsy symptoms and were rushed to the hospital by ambulance.
The number of people with mild symptoms is even closer to 12,000.
This was absolutely a major accident that will go down in history; it nearly cost Pokémon and TV Tokyo their Half-Life.
Thinking of this, Lin Lixin's back instantly became covered in a dense layer of white sweat.
I have quite a few enemies in various circles. If I really cause something like this, who knows how badly I'll be trampled on.
Gamenova will be severely damaged, if not completely destroyed.
Lin Lixin suddenly recalled a theory that had just been proposed this year: the " Swiss Cheese Model " theory proposed by James Reason, a professor at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, in 1990.
Gamenova's game testing environment is a standard Swiss Cheese Model.
Producers, developers, arcade manufacturers, internal demos, testing groups, public demos, official release.
Each link appears to be interconnected, and the defenses are extremely tight.
It seems they can always find and eliminate all hidden problems within the game.
But each layer, like a piece of cheese, has holes of varying sizes.
Perhaps when cheese is layered together, these holes will be blocked by the other layers of cheese.
However, if these vulnerabilities happen to align at a particular moment, the problem could potentially penetrate the entire defense perimeter all at once.
The Pokémon Porygon incident was a particularly unfortunate example of a chain reaction.
Thinking of this, after the initial shock, Lin Lixin felt a sense of relief, as if he had survived a disaster.
Despite a loophole that pierced through its own cheese, it still couldn't break through Sam, Gamenova's most loyal minister and chief steward.
Lin Lixin let out a long sigh, a wry smile playing on his lips as he looked at Sam. " Sam, you're truly Gamenova's lucky charm."