Depressing classic video game realisation of the day
The 1981 Konami arcade game Frogger is a classic, but here’s something slightly depressing about it you probably didn’t realise…
Hang on. Frogger was trying to get to the office? This is depressing pic.twitter.com/5ozzL0LxDh
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) October 23, 2017
Oh, Frogger is about commuting? Maybe there’s a more positive spin on it?
I prefer to think he was running home from the office once he realized he was working at a company that sold frogs legs
— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) October 23, 2017
no Patrick. Frogger was throwing himself into traffic ~instead~ of going to the office. The goal of gameplay has been widely misinterpreted
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) October 24, 2017
It's a metaphor for an overworked man taking risks in traffic in the futile hope that this commute may be his last
— UnironicallyDetached (@Eigenphile) October 24, 2017
Alternative hypothesis: pic.twitter.com/E1pwVF3GEX
— Ben McGuire (@bean_mcguire) October 23, 2017
the depressing existence of the modern salaryfrog
— granola découpage (@yridea) October 23, 2017
Apparently this is the official description…
— Jesse Fuchs (@jessefuchs) October 24, 2017
“We are just in the way” sounds like the perfect motto for modern life.
