News Liquid Cooled PC With ‘Real Human Blood’ Lined up as Diablo IV Give Away

[Admin]

Blizzard is preparing to offer up a gruesomely powerful PC infused with human blood in a new Diablo IV promotion and blood donor drive.

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[bit_user]

Of all the things you could put in a liquid cooling loop, blood would be one of the worst - not only because it'd be a feast for microbial growth, but before that it would probably form clots that constrict flow around vital areas, like in the pump or CPU waterblock.

We reckon it would be more likely that some dehydrated blood is used as a paint pigment, behind a gloss coating, or something like that.

Right. Or, maybe some highly-refined extract could be mixed in. I'm noting the word "infused", which means it's not entirely blood. It could be infused with an arbitrarily small amount.

Furthermore, the only way it'd be ethical to divert actual human blood from the blood supply is if they used banked blood that was being discarded, due to its age (the stuff only stays viable for so long...). That would also make sense of their appeal for blood donations.

Anyway, I'm sure there are pesky laws and regulations that would get in the way of using potentially biohazardous materials in consumer goods. I think medical waste is pretty heavily-regulated.

 

[King_V]

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Hey Blizzard, I think the FDA and other federal agencies would like to have a word with you.

No way anything even remotely biological in nature is allowed to be used in this manner.

 

[USAFRet]

And thence comes the lawsuit, whereby someone dissects this, and finds absolutely no trace of anything "blood".

 

[Sippincider]

And thence comes the lawsuit, whereby someone dissects this, and finds absolutely no trace of anything "blood".

Likely they'll have all the disclaimers figured out. "May contain up to" some unmeasurable ratio.

Anyway if this is allowed, imagine the possibilities! Athletes could license PCs with their sweat in the cooling fluid! Celebrity and politician DNA too! Or what could be more personalized than your own DNA?

Maybe we'd be better off without this...

 

[_Shatta_AD_]

Likely they'll have all the disclaimers figured out. "May contain up to" some unmeasurable ratio.

Anyway if this is allowed, imagine the possibilities! Athletes could license PCs with their sweat in the cooling fluid! Celebrity and politician DNA too! Or what could be more personalized than your own DNA?

Maybe we'd be better off without this...

Probably not from a consumer electronics sale point of view but no one can stop you from painting your own PC with your own blood, today (It’s gross and unhygienic yes and no one should do it really, just hypothetically). You could personalize it however intimately as you want, DNA and all. You just can’t transfer/sell it to anyone else.

 

[bit_user]

no one can stop you from painting your own PC with your own blood,

That's a horrible idea. Dried blood turns almost black. It cracks, smells, and in enough humidity, will rot.

Let's please stop pretending there are any good ideas here that involve actual blood - human or otherwise.

 

[thx1138v2]

I remember seeing an article a long time ago that there was a Cray 2 advertised as being cooled with blood because the blood would absorb more heat than water. More research turned up that is was cooled with a blood substitute developed by 3M which transported the heat more efficiently. The substitute was called Fluorinert.

search for "super computer cooled with blood plasma"

 

[sitehostplus]

And thence comes the lawsuit, whereby someone dissects this, and finds absolutely no trace of anything "blood".

Sounds like the plot for the next Gamers Nexus video. Someone gives them the PC, and they put it through a spectrum analyzer to find out if there is actually any human blood in it. 🤣

 

[Phaaze88]

Wow, the marketing for this game is really gone to hell.

 

[Colif]

Blizzard continues to try to get players to return to Diablo 4. I wonder how empty it is now.

I wonder how long before it shows up on PC Game Pass, its already on XBox.

 

[Order 66]

So assuming they are using even a small amount of human blood to cool this PC, wouldn't the blood dry and clog the loop?

 

[endocine]

Giving away a PC filled with human blood or any other animal's blood isn't going to make the game better. Ill take the PC though, its got decent specs, but won't be playing D4 with it

 

[BillyBuerger]

While the marketing of cooling a PC with blood is stupid and likely not actually true, I applaud them for using a promotion to try to increase blood donations. There's probably lots of good donors out there that just haven't tried it yet. So getting more people doing it is always helpful. Just don't be stupid in how you try to convince people to do it. Donate blood and get a chance to win a gaming PC. I'm sure you'll get some good results from that.

 

[plateLunch]

This is an awesome idea. I'm surprised that organizations like the Red Cross weren't enlisted to help with this promo.

There is a big blood shortage in this country. Covid has really slowed down the number of people coming in to give. Blood is needed for all kinds of things like helping accident victims and people going through surgery.

When I go to donate, I usually see older people giving. I think the Red Cross would be really happy if suddenly they were booked solid with young gamers (with no drugs in their system).

 

[King_V]

And thence comes the lawsuit, whereby someone dissects this, and finds absolutely no trace of anything "blood".

Not true.

There will be a micro-SD card found within, that has a copy of Blood.

 

[BillyBuerger]

This is an awesome idea. I'm surprised that organizations like the Red Cross weren't enlisted to help with this promo.

There is a big blood shortage in this country. Covid has really slowed down the number of people coming in to give. Blood is needed for all kinds of things like helping accident victims and people going through surgery.

When I go to donate, I usually see older people giving. I think the Red Cross would be really happy if suddenly they were booked solid with young gamers (with no drugs in their system).

Good point. I guess I'm old myself now. But I rarely see young people when I'm donating. Mostly older people. Come on kids!

 

[USAFRet]

Good point. I guess I'm old myself now. But I rarely see young people when I'm donating. Mostly older people. Come on kids!

About a year ago, the young guy in my office donated.
He got COVID from it.

 

[bit_user]

About a year ago, the young guy in my office donated.
He got COVID from it.

That's unfortunate. I guess that was just from being in an indoor space, then? There's no way the actual collection process should give you anything. The needles & everything should be sterilized.

Gotta wear a real N95 mask, if you don't want to run that risk. They're not cheap, but you can reuse them if you let them air out for something like 5 days or so. With the earlier variants, those loose surgical masks could help. The later variants are so contagious that only a N95 (worn properly!) can provide reliable protection. I have KN95's too, but they don't form a perfect seal.

 

[Phaaze88]

Good point. I guess I'm old myself now. But I rarely see young people when I'm donating. Mostly older people. Come on kids!

Unfortunately, I've never done it due to my trypanophobia. I have to be forced to do it, like when a doctor wants some blood tests done.

 

[bit_user]

Unfortunately, I've never done it due to my trypanophobia. I have to be forced to do it, like when a doctor wants some blood tests done.

It's a little freaky to sit there for several minutes, as your precious life-giving goo is drained from your body. Some people feel a bit light-headed, afterwards. It's good to hydrate before-hand, if you can - I think that might actually help speed up the donation, as well. You certainly don't want to be dehydrated, going into it. Your body replaces the fluid (i.e. plasma) within a few hours, IIRC, but it takes a couple days to replace the lost red blood cells.

I used to work with a guy who had some rare condition, wherein something (iron, maybe?) built up in his blood. As a result, he had to give blood donations like a couple times per month. It was a long time ago, but I seem to recall him saying they couldn't even use his blood. I wonder if they could at least extract the plasma.

 

[USAFRet]

That's unfortunate. I guess that was just from being in an indoor space, then? There's no way the actual collection process should give you anything. The needles & everything should be sterilized.

Gotta wear a real N95 mask, if you don't want to run that risk. They're not cheap, but you can reuse them if you let them air out for something like 5 days or so. With the earlier variants, those loose surgical masks could help. The later variants are so contagious that only a N95 (worn properly!) can provide reliable protection. I have KN95's too, but they don't form a perfect seal.

Right, just a coincidence of being in the room.