(Its disassociation time!)
The 14 games here fit that bill.
They wont make you change your worldview or experience emotional catharsis.
Instead, theyll make you shake your head, snort, laugh, and maybe mutter what the actualfuck?
This games takes a classic comedy premisefunny noises are funnyand builds a game around it.
As you might expect from the title, the goal of this text-adventure/puzzle game is to avoid soiling yourself.
Sounds easy, until you try it.And you should tryit.
There are multiple endings to unlock, and the game rewards out-of-the-box thinking.
(Try typing shit my pants at the first prompt.)
Platform: Web
Katamari Damacy (2004)
No list of what thehell?
games would be complete without Japanese importKatamari Damacy.
Its addictive, colorful, and so damn funa true classic.
(Even if you dont play it,mellow out to the soundtrack.)
Platforms: PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
Whos Your Daddy?
(2015)
In this casual online game, players are either devoted, loving fathers or malevolent infants.
You watch a scene unfold and bang the table as your character grows more and more angry.
Maybe its more fun towatch other people become enraged by QWOPthan to play it yourself, though.
Then you click a virtual cow.
In 2011, Bogost responded with the Cowpacolypse, during which all players cows disappeared.
SoCow Clickerbecame a game where players click an empty space where a video game cow used to be.
Devoted fans apparently kept clicking nothing untilCow Clickerdisappeared in 2019.
Instead, imagine trying to perform exacting medical procedures like removing organs or repairing capillaries while wearing oven mitts.
Plus, youre drunk.
It gets over-the-top gory and ridiculous very, very quickly.
The intentionally kludgy controls ensure lots of mistakes resulting in hilarious mishaps and unexpected chaos.
Its silly, slapstick comedy with no redeeming social value, like a digital version of the Three Stooges.
Its a stealth game where you play as Burger Kings mascot, a foppish, terrifying monarch.
Its crazy fun game, well worth way more than its original price of $3.99.
Its probably best not to think about it, actually.
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, iOS, macOS