[SarikayaKomzin]

Reminds me of NumberWang from Mitchell and Webb’s skits.

https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CA5NWDE6FVSSM5Ih

[foobarian]

And let's not forget the OG Progress Quest! [1]

[1] https://progressquest.com/play/

[piltdownman]

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

[genewitch]

well, hold on. Progress Quest is a zero player game. Paperclips is an incremental; e.g. https://www.incrementaldb.com/

this game has been added to incrementaldb!

[bambax]

Very funny. What is this a parody of?

[tdeck]

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)

[fennecbutt]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)

https://youtu.be/xph_VDc78Y0