PSDoom



PSDoom polls for running processes.
Each process is represented by a monster.
"Daemons" are demons.
Other processes are soldiers.
Wounding a monster lowers its process's priority.
Killing a monster kills its process.
PSDoom is a modified version of the popular game "Doom" that performs a process management task.  I chose to use Doom because it set the standard for games in the 90's, and id Software made its source publicly available.
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These are simple extensions to the game, but the response I got was overwhelming.  Within a few months of my writing the application, the project's web page received over 1/4 million hits and it was written up in a couple of print magazines.
Let's look at what PSDoom does...