VR Corbyn & wrestlechess: 300 absurd imaginary games

There are a lot of interesting games in the world, and I try to look at as many of them as I possibly can, but I spent some time over the weekend looking at interesting games that aren't in the world. On December 5th, author Nate Crowley offered to write a short description of a fictional video game every time somebody liked this tweet. He's currently at 300 games and while none of them actually exist (yet; a gamejam is a possibility) they're beautifully absurd pitches.

First of all, I feel I should apologise to Mr Crowley because drawing attention to the tweets may lead to more likes, which make make this task impossible to complete. His world has already been changed and it's surely only a matter of time before he describes a game about making a list of imaginary games, realising that is all that remains to be done.

You can read the full list, starting from the first entry, right here, but there's a taster menu below.

There's silly wordplay, leading to horrific VR experiences:

35) Shadow Cabinet: VR horror title where you play as Jeremy Corbyn, extending a hesitant arm into a mahogany cabinet full of swirling void

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 5, 2016

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Stealth games that I want to play immediately:

131) Dinner Git - stealth game; creep around an upscale restaurant with a telescopic fork, removing choice morsels from diners' plates

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 7, 2016

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Nihilism:

39) Albatross Dentist: nihilist touchscreen game where blackness slowly resolves into the words "birds don't have teeth you fool"

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 5, 2016

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And then there are some common themes. The Britishness of many entries is one such theme, with chicken shops and Timpsons making appearances, along with Wetherspoons and LEGENDS:

55) LEGENDS: squad-based FPS where you command six young recruitment consultants towards endgame on a night out in Basildon. Seas of vomit.

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 6, 2016

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Wrestling makes a few appearances:

61) Wrestlemania: the Text Adventure

To the North is a GOLDBERG
To the East is a STEEL CHAIR
To the South is a SEA OF HUMANITY

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 6, 2016

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As does Jason Statham:

91) Statham: Isolation - you are trapped on an abandoned space station with Jason Statham.

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 6, 2016

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There are some wonderfully sinister ideas, in both the management and survival horror genres:

97) Werebutcher nights: play an assassin who turns into a butcher's shop at dawn. The more you kill at night, the more stock you have by day

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 6, 2016

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150) Noah's Nightmare: survival horror set aboard the Ark - it's been 80 days, and the waters are yet to recede. You have difficult choices.

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 8, 2016

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And then there's the one that I actually really want to play right now:

201) Polynesian Expansion - 4X island settling game, jumping to RPG segments as you lead impossibly skilled low-tech ocean crossings

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 9, 2016

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But my personal favourite is Wolfglance Tycoon because that is the best name for a game I've ever seen:

289) Wolfglance Tycoon: you have a wolf in the back room of a dingy boozer. Charge punters 50p to have a look so you can afford more animals

— Yule Frog (@FrogCroakley) December 12, 2016

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Think of these as an alternative to our Advent Calendar games. Go there for the stuff we really loved this year, and peruse Crowley's list for the games we hope to love in the future.