I Wanna Be The Guy is a game so hard it
borders on is outright masochism – hilarious, frustrating, glitchy masochism. One brave man, known only as Cloud8745, recorded himself playing the entire game, and documented his descent from frustration into incoherent gibbering madness. To get a feel for IWBTG, you may wish to start at the notorious
Ghosts & Goblins section, which is particularly difficult, or, if you'd like a taste of its depraved sense of humor,
this is among the game's funniest rooms. (The punchline comes
two minutes later, but you can only truly appreciate it by watching Cloud struggle through it over and over again – generally, IWBTG gets funnier the longer you watch it be played.) If you'd like to watch the whole thing, there's
[more inside]
posted by Rory Marinich
on Feb 20, 2013 -
50 comments