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[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 82 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Desert Bus was released as a protest game. In the 90s video games were demonized for being nothing more than violence simulators. Penn & Teller took that as a challenge and had some developers make the most non-violent game they could think of.

It was made as a novelty. The people who made it knew it was boring, that’s the joke. The main group that still actually plays it is a charity group who suffers through it while getting donations for Child’s Play charity.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Thank you, this is very interesting.

[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Vinesauce Joel's playthrough of it is also very iconic

[-] trigonated@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Joel also has a real-time flight from Sweden to Brazil in Flight Simulator that's very entertaining despite being several hours long.

[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah, I remember that

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