Life with Cheat Codes?

[SEVERUSMAX]

Premise is this....gamer geek of either sex discovers accidentally somehow some "cheat codes" to life, and after testing them a few times, figures out how to use them to improve his/her life, including sex, money, etc.

Any thoughts?

 

[tnhardon]

Premise is this....gamer geek of either sex discovers accidentally somehow some "cheat codes" to life, and after testing them a few times, figures out how to use them to improve his/her life, including sex, money, etc.

Any thoughts?

Sounds interesting. Maybe he stumbles across something in the game that gives him directions to the cheat code. He goes from mom's basement to million dollar mansion. Could be fun!

 

[Hypoxia]

Premise is this....gamer geek of either sex discovers accidentally somehow some "cheat codes" to life...

Sounds interesting. Maybe he stumbles across something in the game that gives him directions to the cheat code. He goes from mom's basement to million dollar mansion. Could be fun!

Cheat codes to a game (even with external links to money-power-etc) are rather mundane. Cheat codes to LIFE, now... we're in F&SF-land. I approached that in Sweet Voodoo. With a game we'd still go F&SF -- some alien or spirit or mage left their cheat-sheet lying about. Being magickal shit, it's not necessarily transparent and comprehensible. The geek finding the secrets goofs while learning the tricks. Oh Goddess, not ANOTHER learning experience! [/me feels their pain] Eventually they gain mastery of LIFE and of their own spirit. Be careful of easy magic lest we have a The Monkey's Paw experience.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Premise is this....gamer geek of either sex discovers accidentally somehow some "cheat codes" to life, and after testing them a few times, figures out how to use them to improve his/her life, including sex, money, etc.

Any thoughts?

This is basically the premise of most pick-up artist books, the idea that there are social cheat codes to get into a woman's pants.

 

[Carnevil9]

This is basically the premise of most pick-up artist books, the idea that there are social cheat codes to get into a woman's pants.

There is one. Reminds me of an old (and I mean OLD) Bob Hope joke:

"I have a new aftershave that's irresistible to women. It smells like money."