Is It Art or Malware?

A new Mac game based on the old-school Space Invaders franchise has been released by artist Zach Gage. The game, called Lose/Lose, deletes files in your home directory for every alien you shoot down.

The game starts off with a warning, in large red letters, of the consequences of playing the game.

PLAYING LOSE/LOSE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FILES ON YOUR HARD DRIVE BEING DELETED//

KILLING IN LOSE/LOSE DELETES YOUR FILES

I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILTY FOR LOSS OF ANY DATA//

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

So, it's unlikely that most users would be unaware of the consequences of playing the game. Yet it's certainly possible that someone may ignore or not believe the warning, or that the game may be played by young children who don't understand the warning.

Needless to say, I don't recommend that anyone try this game, and I'm not posting links to the artist or the game.

But I do want to ask this question.