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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Any suggestion to the contrary is treason. [[spoiler: Tragically, this is perfectly true. [[ObliviouslyEvil The Computer is genuinely benevolent and wants the best for Alpha Complex and its inhabitants]]. However, its very limited initial data and centuries of tinkering and reprogramming by egocentric High Programmers have rendered it a barely functional paranoid schizophrenic.]]
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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: [[TropeNamers Any suggestion to the contrary is treason.treason]]. [[spoiler: Tragically, this is perfectly true. [[ObliviouslyEvil The Computer is genuinely benevolent and wants the best for Alpha Complex and its inhabitants]]. However, its very limited initial data and centuries of tinkering and reprogramming by egocentric High Programmers have rendered it a barely functional paranoid schizophrenic.]]
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Paranoia takes many forms: A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia mental condition]] characterized by extreme and irrational suspicion. A 2004 industrial-espionage [[Literature/{{Paranoia}} thriller]] by Joseph Finder. A [[http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/ print magazine]] dealing in conspiracy theories. A [[Film/{{Paranoia2011}} 2011 film]] starring Brad Jones. In this particular case, however, we travel to a world designed by [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafka]], [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]], [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwell]], [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Huxley]], [[Creator/JeanPaulSartre Sartre]], the Creator/MarxBrothers, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking that crazy old man at the airport bar at 2am]]...
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Paranoia takes many forms: A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia mental condition]] characterized by extreme and irrational suspicion. A 2004 industrial-espionage [[Literature/{{Paranoia}} thriller]] by Joseph Finder. A [[http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/ print magazine]] dealing in conspiracy theories. A [[Film/{{Paranoia2011}} 2011 film]] starring Brad Jones.Creator/BradJones. In this particular case, however, we travel to a world designed by [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafka]], [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin]], [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwell]], [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Huxley]], [[Creator/JeanPaulSartre Sartre]], the Creator/MarxBrothers, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking that crazy old man at the airport bar at 2am]]...
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** Because every player has backup clones, some player might get cheeky and agree to the terms, thinking that they can just tell the group with their next clone life. The book says if a member of the group presses for information based on this, have him escorted away by Internal Security, and then his clone backup arrives missing a few skill points, their sense of balance, and no recollection of what they was told. (Their clone got brainscrubbed before being released to the party.)
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** Because every player has backup clones, some player might get cheeky and agree to the terms, thinking that they can just tell the group with their next clone life. The book says if a member of the group player presses for information based on this, have him escorted away by Internal Security, and then his clone backup arrives missing a few skill points, their sense of balance, and no any recollection of what they was told. (Their clone got brainscrubbed before being released to the party.)
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Chromativariation mutation allows a character to change an object's color. In any other tabletop RPG, this would be considered a useless ability. However, keep in mind that clearance levels are color-coded, and suddenly a character can cause accusations of treason on a mass scale.
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Chromativariation mutation allows a character to change an object's color. In any other tabletop RPG, this would be considered a useless ability. ability taken purely for flavour. However, keep in mind that clearance levels are color-coded, and suddenly a character can cause accusations of treason on a mass scale.scale, or easily smuggle contraband and use powerful items well above his security clearance.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''VideoGame/ParanoiaHappinessIsMandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game was delayed to 2023.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''VideoGame/ParanoiaHappinessIsMandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game was delayed to 2023.
2023. [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/858030/Paranoia_Happiness_is_Mandatory/ Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory]] was released on December 21, 2023 to Steam.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game was delayed to 2023.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory'', ''VideoGame/ParanoiaHappinessIsMandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game was delayed to 2023.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game has been delayed indefinitely although its [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/858030/Paranoia_Happiness_is_Mandatory/ Steam page]] remains live.
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In April 2019, a video game adaptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM was announced]] by the name of ''Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory'', developed by Creator/CyanideStudio and Black Shamrock. However, within a couple months, it was de-listed for sale with no explanation. Costikyan and Goldberg later explained that they [[https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-disappearance-was-due-to-a-dmca-filing-3197280 filed legal action against the publishers]] for [[ExecutiveMeddling trying to release an unfinished product]], and the game has been was delayed indefinitely although its [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/858030/Paranoia_Happiness_is_Mandatory/ Steam page]] remains live.
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* OurClonesAreDifferent: In the Clone Rangers' laboratory in the adventure ''Send in the Clones'', new clones are created by mixing protoplasm with [[BlandNameProduct co-cola]], pouring the result into human-shaped molds, freezing it, then zapping it with electricity. The clones are grown to adulthood in PeopleJars.
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* NondescriptNastyNutritious: Lower clearance citizens have a wide variety of algae based and synthesized food products to choose from, and the happiness drugs prescribed to all citizen will help them forget the lack of flavour. The game often states that most lower clearance food, for all its nutritional value, is rather devoid of significant flavour. Part of the introduction to Red clearance is a gift of a hydroponic apple, and the text describes it as mindblowing in how it tastes.
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* NondescriptNastyNutritious: Lower clearance citizens have a wide variety of algae based and synthesized food products to choose from, and the happiness drugs prescribed to all citizen citizens will help them forget the lack of flavour. The game often states that most lower clearance food, for all its nutritional value, is rather devoid of significant flavour. Part of the introduction to Red clearance is a gift of a hydroponic apple, and which the text describes it as mindblowing tasting mindblowingly good in how it tastes.comparison.
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The latest version is Red Clearance Edition, based on [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1990654819/paranoia-rpg a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign for a reboot of the game.]] Done by James Wallis as lead designer with assistance from original game designers Greg Costikyan and Eric Goldberg, gameplay is streamlined while the setting is updated for a modern context, with "terrorists" as the stated greatest threat to Alpha Complex (Commies are still lurking in the background, but are just one illegal secret society among many), while technology has advanced from smartphones to cranial implants (making the hardware harder to hack, but the software and Wi-Fi are another story).
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The latest version is 25th Anniversary edition was succeeded by Red Clearance Edition, based on [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1990654819/paranoia-rpg a successfully funded Kickstarter campaign for a reboot of the game.]] Done by James Wallis as lead designer with assistance from original game designers Greg Costikyan and Eric Goldberg, gameplay is streamlined while the setting is updated for a modern context, with "terrorists" as the stated greatest threat to Alpha Complex (Commies are still lurking in the background, but are just one illegal secret society among many), while technology has advanced from smartphones to cranial implants (making the hardware harder to hack, but the software and Wi-Fi are another story).
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[[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Already bonkers]],[[note]]Referring to Friend Computer as insane is treason[[/note]] following decades of successive subversion and reprogramming by various conflicting groups (High Programmers, Secret Societies, [[MultipleChoicePast aliens from Pluto and/or Dimension 2Q4B]]), [[TheComputerIsYourFriend "Friend Computer"]] has [[GoneHorriblyWrong only gotten]] more [[WitchHunt paranoid]], [[LogicBomb schizophrenic]], and [[DissonantSerenity ins- er, unstable.]] Neverthless, it still [[FascistButInefficient rules]] Alpha Complex [[note]]Alpha Complex is [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} an okay place to live]], and referring to it as otherwise is treason [[/note]]with an [[BigBrotherIsWatching iron fist]], its [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian society]] organized in a [[FantasticCasteSystem hierarchy of "security clearances"]] based on the [[RainbowMotif electromagnetic spectrum]] (specifically Isaac Newton's version), from lowly Infrared worker drones, through {{Red|Shirt}} [[CannonFodder grunts]] and Yellow [[BadBoss managers]], all the way [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority up the rainbow]] to the [[PurpleIsPowerful Violet]] and [[LightIsNotGood Ultraviolet elite]]. [[note]] Rumors of the existence of Gamma clearance are treason. Report all rumors. Repetition of rumors is treason.[[/note]]
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[[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Already bonkers]],[[note]]Referring to Friend Computer as insane is treason[[/note]] following decades of successive subversion and reprogramming by various conflicting groups (High Programmers, Secret Societies, [[MultipleChoicePast aliens from Pluto and/or Dimension 2Q4B]]), [[TheComputerIsYourFriend "Friend Computer"]] has [[GoneHorriblyWrong only gotten]] more [[WitchHunt paranoid]], [[LogicBomb schizophrenic]], and [[DissonantSerenity ins- er, unstable.]] Neverthless, it still [[FascistButInefficient rules]] Alpha Complex [[note]]Alpha Complex is [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} [[Franchise/{{Fallout}} an okay place to live]], and referring to it as otherwise is treason [[/note]]with an [[BigBrotherIsWatching iron fist]], its [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian society]] organized in a [[FantasticCasteSystem hierarchy of "security clearances"]] based on the [[RainbowMotif electromagnetic spectrum]] (specifically Isaac Newton's version), from lowly Infrared worker drones, through {{Red|Shirt}} [[CannonFodder grunts]] and Yellow [[BadBoss managers]], all the way [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority up the rainbow]] to the [[PurpleIsPowerful Violet]] and [[LightIsNotGood Ultraviolet elite]]. [[note]] Rumors of the existence of Gamma clearance are treason. Report all rumors. Repetition of rumors is treason.[[/note]]
