Too bad. Perhaps if it was made into more of a game, with a multiplayer aspect it would be possible.

How could you make Life into "more of a game"? Let two people make figures and hope they move in the general direction of one another to "fight"?

I played a version once that shipped with an old windows game pack. Each turn, each player was allowed to add one cell of their color and remove one of their opponent's, after which the rules were applied. The goal was to eliminate all of your opponent's cells. I remember finding it fun at the time, but I haven't played it in years.

Edit: I found the wikipedia article for the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Genesis