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Drowning in Problems

Developer / Publisher: Markus Persson
06 July 2016
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51 Ratings / 2 Reviews
#711 for 2016
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Text sim#13 Satire#156 Incremental game#79
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Life simulation Tragedy Black comedy
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Given Notch's deep-running personality flaws, I feared the worst on seeing the title of this game - it wasn't hard to imagine a man that came out in support of a reactionary hate group and made peace with one of the world's biggest wastes of oxygen using this to further his agenda against people who give a shit about anything that matters. And yet, it's actually even worse than I'd feared - in a delicious bit of unintended irony, rather than using this a platform to attack people that he thinks complain about the world too much, he's using it as a platform to wallow in self-pity and complain about his own life. I'll admit I got a slight chuckle out of his (almost definitely accidental) assertion that teenagers aren't humans, but I don't know how it's possible not to cringe at this guy moaning about losing his 'integrity' and all those 'broken hearts' he got as a teenager. You literally have to collect crushed dreams to reach old age, for fuck's sake. It's like watching your aunt try to explain Nihilist Memes to her church friends when they ask why your little brother's started wearing eyeliner.

I doubt this could be redeemed by any kind of gameplay, but even if there was some kind of interaction that could make this anything more than worthless, a text adventure where you constantly smash the word 'Solve' until it stops even feeling like a real word definitely isn't it. I guess at least it means I didn't expend more effort playing it than he did writing it, which I felt in grave danger of at one point. Small mercies and all that.
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Is anyone supposed to feel sorry for Notch with this? It's a pseudo-deep text sim about how hard Notch's life is (and, I guess, the whole of humanity) where you click Solve over and over on various things you need to do in life until you die, you're forgotten, there's nothing, and then there's literally no text. Self-masturbatory for sure. I'd have rated it 1*'d, but I don't think the player has any actual autonomy in the ending, so this game can fuck off for all I care.
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LukeBrassai Drowning in Problems 2024-04-07T18:35:46Z
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Revolution666 Drowning in Problems 2023-10-19T09:01:03Z
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Manygodsnomasters Drowning in Problems 2023-09-27T08:52:48Z
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FarioMerreira Drowning in Problems 2023-08-31T03:30:53Z
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seysey Drowning in Problems 2023-08-22T22:49:01Z
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rmoc Drowning in Problems 2023-05-18T03:15:30Z
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robert123451 Drowning in Problems 2023-05-16T10:30:35Z
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ThirdStrike Drowning in Problems 2023-04-01T16:36:08Z
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AntennasToHeaven Drowning in Problems 2023-03-11T09:28:48Z
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Aasinsilta178 Drowning in Problems 2023-02-05T10:42:31Z
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de0th Drowning in Problems 2023-02-05T08:45:17Z
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  • melankorin 2021-07-07 03:12:54.350023+00
    thank you for introducing me to this crap guys
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  • mmminogue 2021-07-20 11:47:05.017052+00
    why can't i have no kids and 3 money
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  • jokyaku 2022-01-04 01:32:27.662583+00
    Text Sim #6
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  • AntennasToHeaven 2023-03-11 09:33:38.263642+00
    "You know, everyone's got problems, doesn't mean you need to be a crybaby out them."

    - Thom Yorke, "Scott Tenorman Must Die"
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    • FarioMerreira 2023-08-31 03:31:26.561884+00
      thanks thom
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  • FarioMerreira 2023-08-31 03:34:07.531298+00
    synecdoche new york at home:
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