{"id":3007,"date":"2021-02-11T22:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1338703"},"modified":"2021-02-11T22:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T22:02:22","slug":"star-treks-kobayashi-maru-is-now-a-browser-game-that-you-suck-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=3007","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek\u2019s Kobayashi Maru is now a browser game that you suck at"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F02%2Fkobayashimaru.jpg&amp;signature=6fdc05998a92d03709129b274ece03e7\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>In the words of actor George Takei, who\u2019s probably best known for his role as \u201cHologramps\u201d on the hit Nickelodean series <i>Supah Ninjas<\/i>, the <i>Kobayashi Maru<\/i> browser game is so hard it will \u201cmake you ugly cry, and no one wants to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Scopely\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobayashimaru.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><i>Star Trek: Kobayashi Maru<\/i><\/a><span> is a browser-based decision-making game where players are tasked with solving the legendary unsolvable challenge from Star Trek lore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCSU6FFLVbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>In the fictional universe of Star Trek, students at the Starfleet Academy are given the (almost) unwinnable task of defeating a simulated scenario based on a distress call from a ship called the Kobayashi Maru. The purpose of the task, according to canon, is to teach potential officers humility and to allow instructors to gauge their character in a no-win situation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To that end, it\u2019s damn near impossible to beat the newly-launched browser game. But, for the first three people who do manage to (because, let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s on the internet so people have probably already cracked it on day one) there are some nifty rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Per a press release:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Only by choosing precisely the right path through endless perilous options will the player succeed where so many others have failed. With the odds of beating the Kobayashi Maru at around 1:10,000, the three fastest players to find the hack and defeat the simulation will win big prizes \u2014 including a CBS All-Access Lifetime Subscription and limited-edition Star Trek collectibles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The game\u2019s a lot of fun to click through and the cute, retro-pixel graphics are a treat. Scopley\u2019s managed to do a great job of capturing the Star Trek vibe in the writing and the imagery \u2013 no surprise given the company\u2019s experience with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scopely.com\/game\/star-trek-fleet-command\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><i>Star Trek Fleet Command<\/i><\/a><span> on mobile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You can try your hand at the unwinnable Starfleet challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobayashimaru.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Let us know if you\u2019re a winner, we want to see pics of the collectibles!<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/distract\/2021\/02\/11\/star-treks-kobayashi-maru-is-now-a-browser-game-that-you-suck-at\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the words of actor George Takei, who\u2019s probably best known for his role as \u201cHologramps\u201d on the hit Nickelodean series Supah Ninjas, the Kobayashi Maru browser game is so hard it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}