Windows Copy Dialog Plays a Game

43% complete Copying 1 item from Other side of the world to I don't have time for this 44% complete Game Over! Your lander exploded! restart = Space, thrusters = 'arrow keys' Speed: +15.35 m/s Fuel: 09667.2 L Speed: +18.35 m/s Fuel: 09688.0 L Speed: +13.55 m/s Fuel: 08997.3 L Speed: +4.43 m/s Fuel: 09188.3 L 45% complete Name: Some huge ass file.zip Time remaining: Calculating... Items remaining: 1 (22.2 GB) Speed: 13.2 MB/s Speed: 65.0 MB/s Speed: 23.2 MB/s Speed: 20.1 MB/s Speed: 20.4 MB/s Speed: 22.8 MB/s Speed: 20.1 MB/s Speed: 22.1 MB/s Fewer details

A Windows file-copy dialog is humorously transformed into a tiny lunar-lander game. The progress graph shows a lander moving and eventually crashing, while green text announces “Game Over!” and gives keyboard controls. The joke is that an otherwise boring and frustrating file transfer secretly contains a playable game, making it a reaction to painfully slow downloads or absurd software features. EN: A Windows file-copy dialog is humorously transformed into a tiny lunar-lander game. The progress graph shows a lander moving and eventually crashing, while green text announces “Game Over!” and gives keyboard controls. The joke is that an otherwise boring and frustrating file transfer secretly contains a playable game, making it a reaction to painfully slow downloads or absurd software features.

• @ithueti / 7652 2022-09-05