By John Walker on May 18th, 2011 at 4:04 pm.
Oh dear, I unleashed something. Posting yesterday about the intriguing project City Of Epic – the RPG that has you going outside and doing exercise – I discovered a doorway that leads to other games that involve leaving your house. The first one I’ve found is about sock puppets. No, really. Socks Incorporated looks every kind of mad. Take a look. In fact, play it – it’s free!
This is a game in which you must make your own sock puppet. There’s a video instructing you how. Once you’ve done that, you then take a profile picture, upload it, and the game gives you quests to complete with you and your new friend. Taking photographs or videos of yourself completing these quests, you then upload the proof and the game continues.
This is all the best kinds of insane.
Here’s a video in which, obviously, a sock puppet explains it all:
It’s clearly aimed at kids, and what a really brilliant idea it is. There’s also plans by the amazingly named developers, Awkward Hug, to work out ways of incorporating educational material into the project. What a fantastic primary school project this would be.
If any of our readers are willing to play this game, I will totally chronicle your adventures in a post on the site. Let us know if you’re up for that.
18/05/2011 at 16:07 jives says:
I would do this so hard.
18/05/2011 at 16:13 McDan says:
Are you sure that’s what you want to say about a game aimed at children? Also the name of the developer is one of the best ever. Also also I will see about totally playing this game.
18/05/2011 at 16:08 Bahumat says:
I just want to say that ‘Awkward Hug, Inc’ sounds like the very best name for a game developer ever.
18/05/2011 at 16:26 tomeoftom says:
It SO is.
18/05/2011 at 20:36 Fumarole says:
Thirded.
18/05/2011 at 16:17 terry says:
This cannot be real.
18/05/2011 at 16:26 Protome says:
This reminds me so much of that snowboarding game from the xbox 360′s launch, Amped 3 i think? It had crazy sock puppets too…
18/05/2011 at 16:27 westyfield says:
Yes. Yes, yes, YES!
Also, greatest developer name ever.
18/05/2011 at 16:27 Ba5 says:
Depending on the objectives, I’ll give it a shot.
18/05/2011 at 16:29 KaL_YoshiKa says:
I want to say, I feel terrible for them, at some point inevitably they’re going to get hundreds of photos of wangs.
18/05/2011 at 16:32 Pop says:
Wasn’t one sufficient?
18/05/2011 at 16:41 westyfield says:
… as the bishop said to the actress!
/coat.
18/05/2011 at 16:39 Temple to Tei says:
Downward Facing Sock
People are brilliant. I wish I was a person sometimes.
18/05/2011 at 16:51 Matt says:
That sock puppet Gina has horrible posture.
18/05/2011 at 16:53 Aymes says:
What have you done?!
18/05/2011 at 17:08 bglamb says:
This game is gonna go so well with my recent unemployment!
Sign me up Mr Walker. Me and my puppet (Socksy Beast) are gonna hit London fo’ sho’!
18/05/2011 at 17:42 phuzz says:
er, I think someone has slipped me some powerful drugs
it’s AWESOME!
18/05/2011 at 22:11 adonf says:
sock and awe !
18/05/2011 at 17:45 JB says:
If I ever actually went anywhere (anywhere interesting, at least) I’d gladly do the sock puppet thing
18/05/2011 at 19:42 Namos says:
It has been unleashed and cannot be contained!
Sockzilla! Sockthulu! Sockahontas!
19/05/2011 at 00:10 John Walker says:
If someone is really up for playing this, email me at john at rockpapershotgun.com.
19/05/2011 at 01:42 chiefjosh says:
Should I be frightened?
19/05/2011 at 04:09 Foo says:
It may be insane, but is it crescent fresh?
19/05/2011 at 04:29 Oak says:
Buy my skinless anti-dragons.
19/05/2011 at 04:44 Vinraith says:
Precious Roy, Precious Roy, making lots of suckers out of girls and boys…
19/05/2011 at 05:37 Agrona says:
I can’t believe I searched this page and did not see the words “Sifl” or “Olly” in the comments. (Good job, though, Foo, for being sneaky).