{"id":35600,"date":"2024-08-19T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=35600"},"modified":"2024-08-23T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T04:11:09","slug":"people-are-discovering-that-you-can-use-omori-as-a-browser-and-its-causing-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/people-are-discovering-that-you-can-use-omori-as-a-browser-and-its-causing-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"People are discovering that you can use Omori as a browser and it\u2019s causing chaos\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In addition to being a great psychological horror game, people are discovering that <strong>Omori<\/strong> can also be used as a browser. Since Omori is made using RPGMaker and JavaScript, dragging files and URLs onto the game allows them to be played as if it was a media player.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/altonhasmydeed\/status\/1823711648328339634\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Players who have found this information have been booting up their copies of Omori and using the game to play some hilarious stuff. Disney Toontown Online\u2019s The Big Cheese memes and Rick Astley\u2019s \u201cNever Gonna Give You Up\u201d are just a few of the things that have been played on Omori, with more to come as word spreads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OMORI\/comments\/1e5yu05\/so_apparently_you_can_use_omori_as_a_browser\/\">So apparently you can use Omori as a browser!!<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/gogocrazycocoa_\/\">u\/gogocrazycocoa_<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OMORI\/\">OMORI<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While this is not how the developers at OMOCAT, LLC likely intended for their game to be experienced, this unexpected feature harkens back to a time when the internet wasn\u2019t as prevalent. 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