'I thought it was a joke': Gamer Geeks Share Weirdest Computer Games They Played

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Eleonora Bader
Apr 25, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Giant wedges of cheddar drift lazily across the sky as you take a hesitant bite out of your compass. Huh, it tastes like brie. That's weird. This place is nothing like the fantasy RPGs you're used to. Your enemies aren't goblins; they're loaves of stale bread, sprouting mold off the sides. Grumpy floral cushions chase you around long-winded passages that seem to be drilled into the red landscape. Talking mushrooms dispense cryptic riddles as quest givers, and the local blacksmith is a blue strawberry who only accepts payment in mismatched socks.

I thoroughly love a good, interesting, and original game. And there are many. I was curious to read about other people's experiences with weird games. Have they also encountered Baba Is You? Or Catherine? Look them up, they're worth it. Scroll down to read this amusing and entertaining thread where gamers share all. Then check out this critical hit of Dungeons and Dragons memes for roleplaying geeks.

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    151 2ND ELOFF 3D MATTHEN 222990 "This is the weirdest game I ever played." 7TH STEPHEN 8TH CATALAN 9TH 172240 1777
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    What's the weirdest computer game you've ever played?
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    • Wrong_Maintenance540 1 day ago Rock Simulator You're a rock. That's it. You can level up and buy skins, but you can't really do anything, because, well, you're a rock 166 Reply Share ThisIsIts RedditName 22 hr. ago lol how do you level up...? What happens when you do? 36 д Reply Share
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    Lonely-Freedom3691 · 1 day ago Probably Redneck Rampage. 114 Reply Share 1GnarleyNarwhal. 23 hr. ago Dude.... I have never found anyone else who played this game. It was so good, yet no one I've ever talked to about it has ever heard of it.
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    . signol 1 day ago Desert Bus. Widely regarded as the worst video game ever. 94 Reply Share username47.22 hr. ago It's Penn and Teller making a point. They saw people getting angry about vi nce in video games and put the game on the compilation to show how boring and pointless video games would be if they were like real life. 91 Reply Share
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    BrokeFartFountain 1 day ago edited 21 hr. ago Home Safety Hotline is a horror game that takes place on a Windows XP work computer in 1999 1996. As the employee you answer the calls from people experiencing different things in their house and help them resolve it. The issues can be anything from mold and ants to more sinister paranormal beings. 169 Reply Share
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    EdwinHogan4444 · 1 day ago SCORN. That t was weird. ⇧74↓ Reply Share off-and-on 23 hr. ago It was more of an interactive art exhibit than a game. Very cool art design, very weird game. 21 21 Reply Share
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    Malparinho 23 hr. ago Half the games on Newgrounds from back in the day 75 Reply Share DISCIPLINE191.22 hr. ago I can still remember Condoleeza Rice having a sh tout against the Taliban in the White House 33 д Reply Share
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    Tmavy 1 day ago I don't remember the name of it, but I was in high school (2004-2008) and on one of the computers in the C.A.D. shop there was a game that basically simulated the stock market but it was all di gs. Like you'd start off with a bit of money and buy some of this or that drg where it was cheap and try to sell it for a profit. Occasionally you'd get a message, the feds raided a shipment of a rival's so the price of something went sky high. It was actually pretty fun. 58 Reply Share
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    CaptainTaylorCortez · 23 hr. ago I played a mobile game where you just received messages from a space explorer that had crashed on a strange planet. They would chat a little and ask advice on what to do like make a shelter or scout the area, or if they should try and climb the nearby mountain or head for the crater in the other direction. It also happened in real(ish) time so it may be hours before you actually hear back from them depending on what you decide. The story got pretty creepy too fro
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    Winged89. 23 hr. ago "Papers, Please" takes the cake for me. NES aesthetics meets Soviet style colors and music. Your job? Checking passports to provide for your family. It's one of the most addictive and engaging games I've ever played. I'd give that game a solid 9/10. Highly recommend it! 75 Reply Share
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    martinsonsean1 · 23 hr. ago It's less out-there than most titles here, probably, but Inscryption has some pretty mind-bending twists and turns throughout. ⇧ 26 ↓ Reply Share Flutterflut 22 hr. ago That game is awesome. Freaking great. 3 Reply Share
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    Jerome2232 23 hr. ago FAITH honestly was the weirdest one I've played. It kind of comes off as a cliche, but when you actually play it, it's super creepy and scary. But above all else it's unsettlingly weird. Highly recommend. 24 Reply Share Muisverriey. 20 hr. ago MORTIS 16 Reply Share
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    goblin Rob 1 day ago I played one many moons ago called 'Blue Ice.' It was kind of a surreal adventure game. Like, there was one puzzle with a scene of a frozen lake and the hint, "a warm maggot helps catch a cold fish." Logically, the solution was to take the sun out of the sky and put it in the lake so you could get the fish. 19⇓ Reply Share
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    urfavouriteredditor .22 hr. ago The Stanley Parable. Great game. Short, but with lots of different endings. Using the narrator as a game mechanic was a lot of fun. 42 Reply Share PumpkinPieIsGreat · 21 hr. ago Oh man, I remember waiting 5y to get the achievement for not playing for 5y. I know a lot of people just changed the clock, but i did it legit.
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    Somehow my oldest child found out about the game, I didn't know kids talked about it? Lol anyway, enjoyed it so much last birthday we gifted them a metal sign which is now hanging next to the bed 19 Reply Share
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    SlightlyStable. 23 hr. ago Odd World Abe's Oddysee. 17 Reply Share thunderchild120.19 hr. ago I've played every Oddworld except Stranger's Wrath (which is sort of an unconnected spinoff). They're surreal but in a very entertaining/enjoyable way. 8433 Reply Share
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    Derc_on_Reddit . 1 day ago Antichamber 32 Reply Share Mr_Emile_heskey. 20 hr. ago I still find it mad that the person who made that game literally made the one game and the peaced out and didn't make anything else.
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    Fast-Neighborhood897 - 22 hr. ago Definitely "Who is Lila", the graphics, the fact that I would have to mimic a facial expression for each interaction with a human... 10 10 Reply Share
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    FatRascal_.23 hr. ago · edited 22 hr. ago Frog Fractions. Don't look up any info about it. Just play it. EDIT: I probably wouldn't play it with kids. It gets a bit weird. 22 Reply Share pigslovebacon ⚫ 22 hr. ago I didn't listen to you and looked it up (to see if it was suitable to play with my 9yr old). I wish I had left it as a surprise. Ад Reply Share
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    Beneficial-Jelly5746.1 day ago Second Samurai for the Mega Drive. The first level has you in the prehistoric times fighting cavemen why no reason. ↑ 8 ⇓ Reply Share ...
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    HEXdidnt 1 day ago "Deus Ex Machina" on the ZX Spectrum. The 'game' involves creating, then developing a human being, all accompanied by a manually- synchronised audio tape soundtrack including Ian Dury (but no Blockheads), Jon Pertwee (former Doctor Who) and Frankie Howard (Carry On movies). You didn't even directly control the human for most of the game. Reply Share
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    StilesmanleyCAP. 21 hr. ago Creatures 3. It was like a digital ecosystem simulator game where you had to take care of these creatures called Norns on an abandoned ship. It was a very strange game 863 Reply Share
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    NecroJoe 1 day ago "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties". Yes, it was a real...er... "game"? Of sorts? Kinda? 17 Reply Share WraithCadmus · 1 day ago And recently got a port to the Switch among other things as part of a release from Limited Run Games. 8 ⇓ Reply Share ...
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    Mein_Name_ist_falsch · 23 hr. ago edited 23 hr. ago I can't really decide between any of the Rusty Lake games and Dinner with an Owl. But I guess Rusty Lake wins. All of their games win. Because what other game allows you to do stuff like crawling into someones ear to find a cube in it? And let's not forget about the fish in the drawer. 11 Reply Share
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    ThickInitiative7733 · 1 day ago One that comes to mind is "Seaman" for the Sega Dreamcast 29 Reply Share
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    shamblesaid 1 day ago Played this one game where you would have to help this horse escape I think it was called "charge escape" something like that. You'd have to flick through the different parts of the stable and basically solve the mystery of how to help him escape. Eventually the horse turns into a unicorn then after solving some more stuff he grows wings, flies into the sky and turns into a star. 5 5. Reply Share
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