Next up, “The Burger Meme Personality Test”, a point click parody by Carlos Hernandez. This game purports to be a personality test given in the final stage of a job interview. My first time through I thought this game was hilarious. Second time through, I saw some repeated material, but there was also plenty of new content to keep it fresh The first time through I role played as myself, and got prematurely ejected from the job interview. The second time I role played as a total boot-licker, and I got the job! So there is actually some thought put into the endings, and this goofy personality test is probably at least as legit as the purportedly real corporate personality test it is meant to parody (cited in the end notes). There are several other endings listed which I haven’t reached.
I love that the author includes clowns in the game’s content warning. “Fear of a clowns” was an example I gave in an essay I wrote several years ago, related to some issues I have with the ubiquity of content warnings.
The game has an aesthetic which can make it feel like it was written by some brainy high school students while they were waiting for their acceptance letters to the Harvard Lampoon. But I began to suspect it was written by someone older and more professionally experienced even before I went and found the author’s website and bio. The list of credits is extensive. The subject matter is that of someone who has been in the workforce for several years. It takes a very intelligent writer to parody foolishness this well.