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Reminds me of NumberWang from Mitchell and Webb’s skits. https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CA5NWDE6FVSSM5Ih https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CA5NWDE6FVSSM5Ih

• bambax 5mo ago
  Very funny. What is this a parody of?
  • tdeck 5mo ago
    Perhaps it's a riff off of Mornington Crescent which is another British sketch comedy show nonsense game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
  • fennecbutt 5mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show) https://youtu.be/xph_VDc78Y0 https://youtu.be/xph_VDc78Y0
• foobarian 5mo ago
  And let's not forget the OG Progress Quest! [1] [1] https://progressquest.com/play/ https://progressquest.com/play/
  • piltdownman 5mo ago
    Frank Lantz's Universal Paperclips is the absolute pinnacle of taking game mechanics to a logical extreme. Engaging to the point of existentialist crisis - anyone who describes themselves as a gamer owes it to themselves to complete a playthrough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Paperclips https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Paperclips
    • genewitch 5mo ago
      well, hold on. Progress Quest is a zero player game. Paperclips is an incremental; e.g. https://www.incrementaldb.com/ https://www.incrementaldb.com/ this game has been added to incrementaldb!