Ever wondered what hackers do? Ever wonder, like, how they hack? How they do it? I hate saying this, but “There’s an app for that.” I know, I know. But, seriously. There is an app for that. It’s called Hack Run.
Technically, all it is that it is about a hacker war that turns out ugly. You start out with minimal experience, of course. (I seriously doubt a real hacker would waste their time playing this game, anyway. They’d find a hack within the hacking game. It would sort of be like Inception. A hack in a hack in a hack in a hack. Not cool.) When I say minimal, I mean minimal. The average person would know how to type, at the most. That’s what happened to me. I typed some random things, until I typed ‘help’. That’s when my “adventure” started.
All the game is about is that you’re a hacker looking for a client. That is, up until you meet Larry. Larry becomes your client/boss. He tests you at first, doubting your skills. Then later on, he realizes your importance in the hacking community. Again, up until “The Incident”. There you are, happily hacking your butt off, and you suddenly realize that you’ve hacked in someone’s account by the name of Larry. You don’t connect the dots and look at his files, steal everything that you can. Then you get an e-mail. From Larry. Your boss. Larry is angry at you for hacking into his account. At first you have no idea what’s going on. Then you connect the dots. Larry ends firing you, and you’re back where you’re started. Client-less.
That last paragraph was a summary of what happens in the first half of the game. There are 52 levels, and I encourage you to try it out. I mean, why not?