Weekly Journal (May 23rd) (Patreon)

Hey I've got a weird one this week guys; let me hit you with an interesting question.

Have you ever played a game where the entire point was to cheat? Or maybe cheating is encouraged or you probably need to to win?  I'll give you an example. One of my favorite things to play with a deck of playing cards is Bullshit. The goal is to get rid of your hand by, on your turn, placing cards face down on a pile. But the card you play has to be the next card in the sequence from the previous player's turn. So if they play a 7, you have to play an 8. Or multiple 8s. Then the next person goes to 9.

One problem, you can't pass. Even if you don't have the next card in the sequence.

You MUST put a card down, even if you're lying. If someone thinks you're lying, they can call "bullshit!" and then you have to add the entire pile to your hand if you're lying. HOWEVER, if you're telling the truth and they're wrong, they have to pick them all up. Since your hand is shrinking if you're doing well, at some point, you'll be forced to break the rules and lie. And this leads to hilarity.

I have always been fascinated with this, but I can't think of many video games other than among us where you have to lie/cheat/steal to win... and then feel GOOD about it. I'd love some examples, let me know below. It just might be important to this next video. Maybe. Idk.  Anyways, TOTK continues to sweep me off my feet and shoot my soul into the cosmos, yada yada. Damn I'm ready for street fighter. Damn I'm sleepy. Damn I'm hungry. Damn I hope you're smiling today. Damn you're a treasure.