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There was a great iOS game back in the day called "One Single Life" or some such. The game had you jump between buildings, and if you ever fell to your death, w

There was a great iOS game back in the day called "One Single Life" or some such. The game had you jump between buildings, and if you ever fell to your death, well then the app stopped working completely. Back then the device id was accessible so you couldn't even reinstall it iirc. It was a great experience to play a game where failure had a real consequence.

NikolaNovak 7y ago
... and a mere 3 hours later, your comment is the top search for the query it inspired: "game called one single life" 1:https://www.google.com/search?q=game+called+one+single+life https://www.google.com/search?q=game+called+one+single+life
- johnkpaul 7y ago
  Not for me. I'm guessing you use chrome and signed in?
  - cameronbrown 7y ago
    Yup this seems to be it.
    - rickycook 7y ago
      upsetting, yet expected
  - NikolaNovak 7y ago
    Nope; reformatted computers few weeks ago, switched to Firefox permanently, installed auto-cookie clear. Query opens in separate Firefox container from HN. Don't even have Chrome installed anymore. To confirm, just replicated on my MS Edge which hasn't been fired up ever (welll.... technically, once, on day one, to install Firefox:). Note that I'm not signed in, I haven't used HN on that browser, and there are no cookies. Not sure what else I can do to get cleaner results? :| https://imgur.com/a/5ObkK9v https://imgur.com/a/5ObkK9v
- throwerofstones 7y ago
  It seems that Google adds this page to my search results when opening it from the home page. I've tested it with both Chrome (whilst being logged out and removing all cookies) and Firefox and I'm getting the same results in both browsers, whether I'm using incognito mode or not. Interesting that this doesn't seem to be the case for everyone.
MrMember 7y ago
There was an Android "game" with leaderboards that had you throw your phone as high as you could into the air. I don't think it lasted long.
- Breza 7y ago
  I really like the game Star Traders: Frontiers. I play on Android. One of my favorite and least favorite features is that each game can end quite suddenly in permadeath while performing some bland task. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.startraders2&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebroth...
- pavedwalden 7y ago
  It was called "Send Me to Heaven" https://www.wired.com/2013/09/send-me-to-heaven-app/ https://www.wired.com/2013/09/send-me-to-heaven-app/

NikolaNovak 7y ago

... and a mere 3 hours later, your comment is the top search for the query it inspired: "game called one single life" 1:https://www.google.com/search?q=game+called+one+single+life https://www.google.com/search?q=game+called+one+single+life

johnkpaul 7y ago
Not for me. I'm guessing you use chrome and signed in?
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  Yup this seems to be it.
  - rickycook 7y ago
    upsetting, yet expected
- NikolaNovak 7y ago
  Nope; reformatted computers few weeks ago, switched to Firefox permanently, installed auto-cookie clear. Query opens in separate Firefox container from HN. Don't even have Chrome installed anymore. To confirm, just replicated on my MS Edge which hasn't been fired up ever (welll.... technically, once, on day one, to install Firefox:). Note that I'm not signed in, I haven't used HN on that browser, and there are no cookies. Not sure what else I can do to get cleaner results? :| https://imgur.com/a/5ObkK9v https://imgur.com/a/5ObkK9v
throwerofstones 7y ago
It seems that Google adds this page to my search results when opening it from the home page. I've tested it with both Chrome (whilst being logged out and removing all cookies) and Firefox and I'm getting the same results in both browsers, whether I'm using incognito mode or not. Interesting that this doesn't seem to be the case for everyone.

MrMember 7y ago

There was an Android "game" with leaderboards that had you throw your phone as high as you could into the air. I don't think it lasted long.

Breza 7y ago
I really like the game Star Traders: Frontiers. I play on Android. One of my favorite and least favorite features is that each game can end quite suddenly in permadeath while performing some bland task. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.startraders2&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebroth...
pavedwalden 7y ago
It was called "Send Me to Heaven" https://www.wired.com/2013/09/send-me-to-heaven-app/ https://www.wired.com/2013/09/send-me-to-heaven-app/