Spin off to this, how about a list of regular jobs that games don't understand, like festival organiser in Forza Horizon 3 or archaeologist in Tomb Raider!
How about research scientist in Half Life? You either wildly push buttons until something happens or you research the shit out of aliens with your crowbar.
“Pizza isnt just hurled at us from outer space, still warm from re-entry” 1. That might be the most beautifully worded IRL Headcanon ever 2. THE FACT THAT THAT ISNT HOW IT WORKS OFFICIALLY MAKES THIS THE DARKEST TIMELINE
I'm glad Viscera Cleanup detail is on this list. Never in a video game about cleaning did I think I'd see so many body parts... especially the Christmas themed levels. *shudder* so many dead elves
After watching this video, I downloaded House Flipper and I won't lie, I'm obsessed. All the pleasure of re-doing a house, without the actual hard work. Heaven.
Don't lie... you don't wait until after hours unless your boss is watching. :p (I have legitimately seen baggage handlers using the conveyors as a substitute for an escalator, probably not for fun though.)
House Flipper is pretty much just a sequel to all the battle royale games after they've finished. Seriously, the footage looks like they're currently cleaning up after PUBG.
I would suggest making a game about my job in local government, but "Papers please" isn't far off...although it is more satisfying & less dictatorial than my actual job...
Government, local or otherwise is a bureaucratic NIGHTMARE. We could probably do without half the departments, supervisors and other employees. Too much money in taxes to employ tons of useless nepotism/crony morons.
I'm surprised 1991s Turtles in Time wasn't on this list. I consider it to be an excellent portrayal of my ordinary job as an adolescent reptilian mutant who also fights ninjas.
Well it's not really a job, when you're not paid to do it. More of an "things you do when you're homeless and live in the sewers and randomly beat up ninjas" -kinda thing. It might be illegal.
which only added insult to injury as the night before I was walking home from my job as a mascot for the local mushroom shop and some guy with a moustache in a red cap and blue overalls started throwing tennis balls at me yelling 'die, goomba!' I'm not looking forward to my annual stormtrooper cosplay tomorrow night
What no Paperboy?! I hated having a paper round to do when I was younger as I only made £5... but I'd happily spend my evenings playing a game where I did exactly that for £0... 🤔
That, and it gave the totally guilt-free experience of chucking newspapers through the windows of the sods not on your subscription list. “You lot like The Sun? Now you can get more of it through your window!”
I love the concept of viscera cleanup. every time during action movies, my sister and I are always pointing out the destruction and the fact that the alien might be gone but the city is a wreck lmao. SOMEONE has to clean up after the hero saves the day!
I'm currently hashing a plan to deal with the cunning security system @ outside xbox aka J.A.N.E. The brave souls we sent in never returned. Poor bastards never stood a chance.
What we need is a game that simulates working for Outside XBox - playing games, making fun videos, going to all the right festivals... E4 may SOUND one bigger and better than E3, but only Andy would be riveted by the Exhibition of Eurasian Earthworks Excavations...
The willingness Luke showed for giving into peer pressure and eating mouldy donuts makes me think that he's experienced it before. Maybe as a hazing ritual when he joined Oxtra?
How is Euro Truck Simulator 2 not on this list? Somewhere in Europe, there's a man who spends long hours away from his wife and children, sleeping in the only marginally-comfortable cab of his truck for days and weeks on end, driving thousands of miles a year to scratch out a living for his family and pay off the crushing debt he's incurred just for the priviledge of doing so, and he's learned that some people actually ENJOY playing a game (sorry, "simulator") of this activity.
James Anthony no one will be alive, including me, Earth would be a torn up hellscape covered in debris, dead bodies of humans and animals, sky will turn red a while before they vaporize the sun causing eternal darkness, for they don't invade for resources or power, for them invading and genociding civilisations is just sport. Too dark?
TH-camr is an "Ordinary Job"? Jane hardly seems like she's ever had an "ordinary job" with all the murdering and psychological torturing and deadly animals and whatnot.
Nnnnn... No. Maybe if you'd said exterminator, but still, you're technically lying... Which is what Hitman does in his spare time, I know, but still...
The flipping game actually sounds interesting. I've done minor improvements to the last several places I lived - the project always seems like more fun before your third trip to the hardware store. This seems like a cheaper way to get a home improvement fix 🙂
"Level-5 are best known for making the Professor Layton games" Ooof, that wounded me. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go hug my copies of Dark Cloud, Dark Chronicle and Rogue Galaxy on PS2... and cry.
Amen to that! Dark Cloud was half my childhood, and Dark Chronicle was half my teen years. Haven't played Rogue Galaxy though, sadly... I'll have to check it out.
It depends on what type of train and what route you are on. For me it was coalies on a slight grade. Not very interesting (just south of the great American desert). The job is actually quite boring. FRA regulations have it now that you can't stand, or use the head while moving. Also no cell phones, computers or books (unless they pertain to the job). So, you're stuck sitting for hours (up to 12 hours. And sometimes not even moving the train). On the plus side, you now have a computer that you have to babysit, that tells you how to control the train. Which, you mainly ignore because it can't be programmed to operate the train better than an Engineer can. And don't forget about being on camera for your whole shift while managers try to find a way to fire you! And the Engineers aren't the only ones that have fun! As a Conductor you get to sit and monitor the Engineer to make sure they are doing their job properly, and staring straight ahead while looking for signals and then recording them. As added fun, as a Conductor, you can irritate your Engineer by keeping your hand close to the emergency brake valve, sounding the horn when/if they fall asleep, and asking them halfway through the trip "Did you see that last signal? I'm red/green colorblind". Honestly, if you want to know what it's like to run a train, find you nearest rail-fest (Mainly a U.S. thing), and play with the simulators. They are the same ones that they use to train Engineers. And other than not being in motion, they represent how boring it actually is.
You could include harvest moon in this. Like...you won't get to harvest a lettuce until the 45-55 days had passed in real life. While it only takes a few days in game.
Brandon Roberts gosh darn it Brandon! You have broken the sacred law of the OX janitor league! Now you're going to have to clean up mike's mess in Hokkaido.
10/10 Janitorial realism in Viscera Cleanup Detail. As someone highly trained in the art of mopping, I can confirm that spastic thrusting of a wiggly spaghetti bundle at any dirty surface is the way to go.
I'm on my way Mike. Hold on just a little while longer. Bye the bye, how long you think it will take to swim the POND? Oh crap, then I gotta deal with Jane. Never mind Mike, I'd swim the Atlantic for you, but take on Jane. No thank you.
Euro truck simulator, american truck simulator, car mechanic simulator..viscera clean up, agri cultural simulator.. and more they are a good relaxing game
Another one is Power Shovel, where most of the campaign you dig holes, load trucks with sands and bury holes and if you get tired of that there is some crazy mini games to use your power shovel.
What about dust force? An obscure capcom game about being a janitor that has to clean up leaves and other dirty things? Pretty weird premise for an action platformer.
Before Watching: I bet I own at least three of those. After watching: Yep, three exactly. What about the pinnacles of autismulation? Where's the Euro Truck Simulator 2? Where's the Farming Simulator? Where's the PC Building SImulator? So many hours of my wasted existence you simply gloss over! Heheh.
Surviving uni is one of those life skills you never knew you needed, until you had it. You learn to make food from the oddest of ingredients. You learn to sleep in some of the most interesting of conditions. And you find the most creative ways to do household chores. Such fun!... Right up there with Duke of Edinburgh Gold.
Where's Mario? A great simulator about being a plummer! Wait, what do you mean plummers don't usually fight mutated turtles and rescue princesses? :D There was also a VERY old puzzle game which name eludes me at the moment, where you controlled a hotel bellboy and had to push crates/luggage around floors in order move to the next stage... it's gonna drive me crazy that I cannot remember the title, but it was pretty fun, considering the game has been published in the previous century :)
@SmallGreenPlanetoid: Thank you, that is the game I was thinking about and, judging from the graphics that popped out on Google you're right - it's about some sort of construction worker, apparently... could've sworn it was a bellboy for some reason; I recall in my version the player character being red and while my memory painted me a different picture, Sokoban sure seems like the title I was thinking when I wrote my first comment ^^'
There are many, many, versions of Sokoban that use all kinds of themes to explain what you are pushing around and why. The original was crates in a warehouse but anything you can have an excuse to say "you can push but not pull," works.
Next you should do a list of games that let us live out our dreams! XD I have a few suggestions if you do: - Style Savvy: live out your dream of being a fashion designer/make-up artist/boutique owner/hair stylist - Animal Crossing Happy Home Academy: live out your dream of being an interior (and exterior) designer - Imagine Teacher, or really any of the Imagine games: Live out your dream of being an elementary school teacher/whatever - Trauma Center: Live out your dream of being a doctor
Lol That quick jab at W.H. Press Officer was hilarious. I'm pretty sure that's a job that has become more stressful than being an air traffic controller.
I’m addicted to the house flipping game. They’ve added yard care and pets to the game so there’s more to do and animals to play with. So many relaxing hours sunk into it. Also, to add to this list, we now have lawn mower simulator and pressure washing simulator. I think they both came out after this video.
Ooh Jane and I have something in common, could be the only thing. It’s mushrooms I can’t stand. A lot of Pineapple haters are fine with mushrooms, WTF (Well That’s Funny)
Any game from zachtronics. Specifically Shenzhen I/O though. I didnt realize how close that game was til i got to my Microprocessor System Design class and had to do some of the exact same things.
Pizza Tycoon was the basis for a later game called Fast Food Tycoon (released in 2000), which had a sequel, Fast Food Tycoon 2 (released in 2001). I played the crap out of those games growing up, and I still pull out Fast Food Tycoon 2 every now and then.
You won't believe this, but here in the Philippines we actually have a song about a guy falling in love with pizza because of a box of it coming from outer space. It's titled "Picha Pie" by Parokya no Edgar (The Diocese of Edgar), to the tune of "I Will Survive". Look it up. It's a real thing.
I honestly thought this must be some sort of obscure reference to Alex Bale... then I actually watched the music video. It's pretty good - reminds me of Weird Al Yankovic :)
I play these games so I can fantasize about not having mental illnesses preventing me from gainful employment. That may just be the saddest thing I have ever written.
Hey Outside Xtra, I find your videos about games with pretty interesting topics that some of us don't notice, very funny and entertaining. I want to request you guys to make a video for the following topic if possible: Times where the boss cannot be beaten no matter what we do (even if we cheat)!! I am still going through your videos, so I am not sure if you already have it. Another one I would like to request is Games where the final boss was the most easiest of them all, compared to the previous bosses.
I know it wasn't the main goal of the game but I always found it funny that in My Summer Car your three options for making extra money are delivering firewood, bootlegging alcohol, or pumping people's sewage (which is the most common job)
On the other hand, I can fully believe and accept the sheer amount of games about farming. From a relaxing romp on a small farm enjoying village life to hectic acres of ever smaller profits forcing you to plant whatever the government is subsidizing just to stay afloat, farming has quite a few simulators.
Reminds me of a Demitri Martin joke: "I want to make a game about a hospital where you take care of people hurt in other games . . . 'What are you playing?' . . . 'Really busy hospital.'"
Fun fact: meteorites (pizza based or otherwise) are actually often cold when they hit the ground as re-entry burns off the outer layers while the core is still frozen from the cold of space
Dustforce DX for aspiring parkour janitors, Neo Cab the chill total opposite of Crazy Taxi, Battle Chef Brigade whose name speaks for itself, and brand-new KING simulator Yes Your Grace are my recommendations. There are also LOTS of games about farming, mining, and being a tycoon of some weirdly specific business.
Hey, house flipper is fantastic. It's almost theraputic, especially when you clean stuff up... seriously, you need to add that game to your list of satisfying noises that make you want to collect all the things.
I played a game years ago where you were just some scientist working in a lab somewhere. It started with this unskippable commuting section, then you had to clock in and put on your work clothes. That's about when I got bored and stopped playing. It was called Half Life.
I've seen this a half-dozen times... How did I miss the "White House Press Secretary" dig in the intro? That just brought the ENTIRE video to next-level!! 💜
I have three more games for that list "Paperboy" "Papers Please" and "Animal Crossing New Leaf", where you play as a mailman, a deportation office desk worker and a figure head mayor thanks to having the worlds best secretary Isabelle.
You guys should do something along the lines of "7 times death wasnt quite so permanent"; featuring things like wolfenstein 2 (beheaded) mass effect 2 (blown up, suffocated, dropped onto a planet from space) etc etc
Car Mechanic Simulator, PC Building Simulator, Farming Simulator, Garden Simulator, Train Simulator, Construction Simulator, (Euro/American) Truck Simulator, Papers Please, Shenzhen/IO, Game Dev Tycoon (including it's brilliant trolling of copyright infringers!) and I'll also count Thief Simulator
Spin off to this, how about a list of regular jobs that games don't understand, like festival organiser in Forza Horizon 3 or archaeologist in Tomb Raider!
Andy Mcp billion upvotes but 5 isn't enough
Police in Sleeping Dogs, particularly undercover police
Crazy Taxi comes to mind.
JStryker47
Yes lol
How about research scientist in Half Life?
You either wildly push buttons until something happens or you research the shit out of aliens with your crowbar.
You missed some classics - Delivering newspapers (Paper boy), mowing a lawn (Hovver Bovver), Burger flipping (Mr Wimpy), serving beer (Tapper), serving root beer (Root Beer Tapper), mining (Manic Miner), Elevator programming (Sim Tower) and, of course, sewer pest control (Mario Bros.).
Hey -- what about Diner Dash??? 😉
You missed burger assembly (Burgertime).
You forgot Papers Please. What's more ordinary than being a border control officer struggling to support your family. Glory to Arstotzka!
Cause no trouble.
I loved Papers Please
Christian4life86 a pack of spares batteries for the flashlight
glory to Arstotzka!
Ehem....
*GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA!*
*GREATEST COUNTRY!*
Aww, no border checkpoint worker? Glory To Arstotzka
GLORY GREATEST! [thumps chest in salute]
Mike would get distracted by the occasional attempts to bomb the gate. Damn that one great game.
I was actually hoping for a scene there while watching 😶
GLORY GREATEST COUNTRY!
GLORY GREATEST COUNTRY!!!
“Pizza isnt just hurled at us from outer space, still warm from re-entry”
1. That might be the most beautifully worded IRL Headcanon ever
2. THE FACT THAT THAT ISNT HOW IT WORKS OFFICIALLY MAKES THIS THE DARKEST TIMELINE
Mike’s student accommodation joke is the most relatable thing I’ve heard all year
that hit way too hard..
I'm glad Viscera Cleanup detail is on this list. Never in a video game about cleaning did I think I'd see so many body parts... especially the Christmas themed levels. *shudder* so many dead elves
or the slasher movie one cleaning the aftermath of a massacre
my reaction to the christmas one is santa finally snapped and went on an elf murdering spree
Will Huey have you listened to weird Al's song about that?
Yes but putting the heads of 12 reindeer's in Santa's bed to warn him against pushing into our toy manufacturing business was well worth it.
Those poor, poor reindeer.
After watching this video, I downloaded House Flipper and I won't lie, I'm obsessed. All the pleasure of re-doing a house, without the actual hard work. Heaven.
As someone with ahem... "inside knowledge", I can confirm that baggage handlers do ride around after hours.
There's an after hours?!
Donald Hudson Yea in some more built up areas theres restrictions on takeoff/landing times
Ruairi Daly that's cool to know. Thanks.
Donald Hudson no probs
Don't lie... you don't wait until after hours unless your boss is watching. :p (I have legitimately seen baggage handlers using the conveyors as a substitute for an escalator, probably not for fun though.)
Mikes delivery of “Yes I’m trapped” followed by silence was golden
House Flipper is pretty much just a sequel to all the battle royale games after they've finished. Seriously, the footage looks like they're currently cleaning up after PUBG.
"Top 10 unexpected -anime- game crossovers"
Lmao most underrated comment I've seen
I would suggest making a game about my job in local government, but "Papers please" isn't far off...although it is more satisfying & less dictatorial than my actual job...
The CastAway DC plus that title screen music sounds so good. GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA!
..only because you haven't reached your full potatial... YET! *Manical laughter*
Government, local or otherwise is a bureaucratic NIGHTMARE. We could probably do without half the departments, supervisors and other employees. Too much money in taxes to employ tons of useless nepotism/crony morons.
I'm surprised 1991s Turtles in Time wasn't on this list. I consider it to be an excellent portrayal of my ordinary job as an adolescent reptilian mutant who also fights ninjas.
Bailey Alexis Snow real tough name tbh.
Well it's not really a job, when you're not paid to do it. More of an "things you do when you're homeless and live in the sewers and randomly beat up ninjas" -kinda thing. It might be illegal.
tell me about it, I was walking home last night from ninja training and some guy dressed as a turtle jumped me in a back alley
which only added insult to injury as the night before I was walking home from my job as a mascot for the local mushroom shop and some guy with a moustache in a red cap and blue overalls started throwing tennis balls at me yelling 'die, goomba!' I'm not looking forward to my annual stormtrooper cosplay tomorrow night
What no Paperboy?! I hated having a paper round to do when I was younger as I only made £5... but I'd happily spend my evenings playing a game where I did exactly that for £0... 🤔
Good call.
5 pounds just for riding around and delivering papers? That's not a bad gig in this day and age
That, and it gave the totally guilt-free experience of chucking newspapers through the windows of the sods not on your subscription list.
“You lot like The Sun? Now you can get more of it through your window!”
I love the concept of viscera cleanup. every time during action movies, my sister and I are always pointing out the destruction and the fact that the alien might be gone but the city is a wreck lmao. SOMEONE has to clean up after the hero saves the day!
The "Yes! I'm trapped. *Help me*" in the beginning caught me off guard! Someone do something, damn it!
I'm currently hashing a plan to deal with the cunning security system @ outside xbox aka J.A.N.E. The brave souls we sent in never returned. Poor bastards never stood a chance.
We need a GoFundMe campaign for Mike, or something...!
I heard Egbert got the tool you needed.
What we need is a game that simulates working for Outside XBox - playing games, making fun videos, going to all the right festivals...
E4 may SOUND one bigger and better than E3, but only Andy would be riveted by the Exhibition of Eurasian Earthworks Excavations...
Nick Jeffery also include outside extra dlc where you sit on a purple couch talking and giggling about videogames and even more giggling
i liked the spoiler joke in the start
The willingness Luke showed for giving into peer pressure and eating mouldy donuts makes me think that he's experienced it before. Maybe as a hazing ritual when he joined Oxtra?
@@slewone4905 they do pay with fruits.
Jane! I know what Chandler did in "Friends"!!
Monica, he did Monica.
Who hasn't done Monica though?
@@anarchyantz1564 Ross, although that's debatable...
@@StirrCrazy90 More like she did Ross, with the king of all strap on's.
P. L. E. A. S. E. ;)
As well as misgender his other mom a whole lot after she transitioned.
"Its like the sims, but without sims, it should just be called: The" this deserves the nobel prize for Comedy
How is Euro Truck Simulator 2 not on this list?
Somewhere in Europe, there's a man who spends long hours away from his wife and children, sleeping in the only marginally-comfortable cab of his truck for days and weeks on end, driving thousands of miles a year to scratch out a living for his family and pay off the crushing debt he's incurred just for the priviledge of doing so, and he's learned that some people actually ENJOY playing a game (sorry, "simulator") of this activity.
I love the fact that Andy basically only wears wrestling t-shirts in these videos. Man after my own heart. Tranquillo!
What? Being the head of an international crime syndicate/rockstar/moviestar is not a regular job? I can´t believe Pierce tricked me again,,,,
John O ́neil Also tag-team wrestler, reality tv star, and counterterrorist?
Rule 34 of video games: If a job exists there is an obscure German simulator for it.
I mean Mario’s a plumber, for some strange reason now that I think about it. From that, pretty much sky’s the limit.
Well Mario went from Carpenter in Donkey Kong to sorting out Princess Peach's plumbing.
Anarchy Antz "plumbing"
Mario has had many jobs. He was a doctor too, so the man fixing the toilets is also treating patients?
Lets face it Joe, would you want Mario fiddling with your "plumbing" as well? Gods only knows when he last had his wrench.
He isn’t actually a plumber any more, but in Mario Bros I guess he is stopping turtles from going up your toilets???
I would love to have a job where I clean up after a monster invasion, at least that would be more interesting than moping dust off the floor.
you should ask Jane then, her people should arrive any day now to invade earth.
Big Fudge if that happened, there's no way anyone would be around to clean up, Earth would be doomed.
And you have guaranteed job security 'cause no one else is gonna' want the job!
James Anthony no one will be alive, including me, Earth would be a torn up hellscape covered in debris, dead bodies of humans and animals, sky will turn red a while before they vaporize the sun causing eternal darkness, for they don't invade for resources or power, for them invading and genociding civilisations is just sport.
Too dark?
Yeah, well...
Someone's gonna' have to clean that up.
Probably be me. :(
Garbage collecting is so exciting because the last time I went through garbage it was for a heist in GTA online
Plus just think of how many bodies you would be disposing of going through Jane's trash alone.
What bodies?!
... Cthulhu eats all the evidence :)
I thought Jane was more an illithid than a deep one :)
TH-camr is an "Ordinary Job"? Jane hardly seems like she's ever had an "ordinary job" with all the murdering and psychological torturing and deadly animals and whatnot.
Salen Stormwing didn’t you know? Jane is the future model for Glados’s ai. It was a triumph and a huge success.
Is hitman one of them?
If there are high levels of people getting spaghetti panched in your area then... maybe.
RumoTu I'm pretty darn sure being a Hitman doesn't count as a *mundane* job.
@@mar_speedman sure it is. Just change the name a bit to the Extermination of Human Resources.
Nnnnn... No. Maybe if you'd said exterminator, but still, you're technically lying... Which is what Hitman does in his spare time, I know, but still...
Well, it depends
We are so desperately unemployed we try and simulate what having a job feels like.
The flipping game actually sounds interesting. I've done minor improvements to the last several places I lived - the project always seems like more fun before your third trip to the hardware store. This seems like a cheaper way to get a home improvement fix 🙂
I'm surprised 80's classic Paperboy never made this list
And just like that, I'm 5 years old playing my brother's ZX Spectrum + again. Good shout, Sir. Good shout.
Probably not included because a large portion of their audience would not know what a paperboy was.
"Level-5 are best known for making the Professor Layton games" Ooof, that wounded me. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go hug my copies of Dark Cloud, Dark Chronicle and Rogue Galaxy on PS2... and cry.
Amen to that! Dark Cloud was half my childhood, and Dark Chronicle was half my teen years. Haven't played Rogue Galaxy though, sadly... I'll have to check it out.
MozilloGames I fucking knew I recognized that name. I had it mixed up with Factor 5 from Star Wars Rogue Squadron lol
Is rogue galaxy the one that was free with PlayStation plus last year? Cos that's an ace space shooter/trader game
I'll join you in that, Dark cloud 1 & 2 were my life as a kid and teen.
I loved those games. Sad day when my PS2 quit on me and I could no longer play.
No Train Sim? I'm disappointed, you guys :'(
Roonco SP Driving a train actually might be fun in real life for an hour.
It depends on what type of train and what route you are on. For me it was coalies on a slight grade. Not very interesting (just south of the great American desert). The job is actually quite boring. FRA regulations have it now that you can't stand, or use the head while moving. Also no cell phones, computers or books (unless they pertain to the job). So, you're stuck sitting for hours (up to 12 hours. And sometimes not even moving the train). On the plus side, you now have a computer that you have to babysit, that tells you how to control the train. Which, you mainly ignore because it can't be programmed to operate the train better than an Engineer can. And don't forget about being on camera for your whole shift while managers try to find a way to fire you! And the Engineers aren't the only ones that have fun! As a Conductor you get to sit and monitor the Engineer to make sure they are doing their job properly, and staring straight ahead while looking for signals and then recording them. As added fun, as a Conductor, you can irritate your Engineer by keeping your hand close to the emergency brake valve, sounding the horn when/if they fall asleep, and asking them halfway through the trip "Did you see that last signal? I'm red/green colorblind".
Honestly, if you want to know what it's like to run a train, find you nearest rail-fest (Mainly a U.S. thing), and play with the simulators. They are the same ones that they use to train Engineers. And other than not being in motion, they represent how boring it actually is.
"Yes, I'm trapped." and then that empty stare, you guys have me in stitches.
You could include harvest moon in this. Like...you won't get to harvest a lettuce until the 45-55 days had passed in real life. While it only takes a few days in game.
How about the stanley parable ? it's _technically_ a job about office life, especially the "close the door at the start" ending...
Well guys, who think cleans up after Jane senselessly murders dozens of innocent robots? Janitors of course!
I thought that was one of Luke and Ellen's daily tasks?
Brandon Roberts gosh darn it Brandon! You have broken the sacred law of the OX janitor league! Now you're going to have to clean up mike's mess in Hokkaido.
Don't you mean Janetors...
Hehehe... sorry...😆
My roommate and I would play Viscera Cleanup Detail to turn our brains off and chill after class weirdly enough. It’s oddly addictive for some reason
Does this mean that Jane is on "team pineapple on pizza?" We've been looking for a strong representative for a while!
But how did you miss Harvest Moon? Farming is a really strange job to enjoy as a video game, take it from a farmer's daughter.
Farmer's daughter?
*Woos you by bringing you an egg every day*
Yes! Same here! Farmers daughter high five!
Jane: "I licked everything in that lunch box"
Me: This is an issue?
Eww
Lol I agree
Wait..is Mike saying that he is trapped in the video screen or his job? Cuz...that’s never happened to me......well
you missed the lorry driver job in Euro Track Simulator 2! (one of the best games ever)
10/10 Janitorial realism in Viscera Cleanup Detail. As someone highly trained in the art of mopping, I can confirm that spastic thrusting of a wiggly spaghetti bundle at any dirty surface is the way to go.
I'm on my way Mike. Hold on just a little while longer. Bye the bye, how long you think it will take to swim the POND? Oh crap, then I gotta deal with Jane. Never mind Mike, I'd swim the Atlantic for you, but take on Jane. No thank you.
Watching this reminds of when I played Rollercoaster Tycoon when I was younger. I'd pay good money if they remade it with modern graphics
Euro truck simulator, american truck simulator, car mechanic simulator..viscera clean up, agri cultural simulator.. and more they are a good relaxing game
Another one is Power Shovel, where most of the campaign you dig holes, load trucks with sands and bury holes and if you get tired of that there is some crazy mini games to use your power shovel.
Mate I said the same thing 5 hours later. Took a lot of scrolling to finally reach you, brother.
There's not much Power Shovel love :(
You didn't hit the number 1 real life simulator?! I mean farming simulator! It even has Simulator in the name... Shaking my head over here 😊
What about dust force? An obscure capcom game about being a janitor that has to clean up leaves and other dirty things? Pretty weird premise for an action platformer.
Before Watching:
I bet I own at least three of those.
After watching:
Yep, three exactly.
What about the pinnacles of autismulation? Where's the Euro Truck Simulator 2? Where's the Farming Simulator? Where's the PC Building SImulator? So many hours of my wasted existence you simply gloss over!
Heheh.
What about being an attorney in the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series? Definitely more fun than being an actual attorney.
Don't know Chandler's job? What? Wasn't he a transponster?
The fact that being a youtuber is now considered an ordinary job is a sign of the times.
TH-camrs Life *coughs*
No me is First!
Truee
Surviving uni is one of those life skills you never knew you needed, until you had it.
You learn to make food from the oddest of ingredients. You learn to sleep in some of the most interesting of conditions. And you find the most creative ways to do household chores.
Such fun!... Right up there with Duke of Edinburgh Gold.
Where is Euro Truck Simulator?
Marth Vader No kidding! I thought that was a given! At least that or Desert Bus
Farming Simulator too...that's pretty boring, but you can get caught up in a project
All those games should have been on the list. Almost anything with simulator in the title is like hey
There is a TH-cam CREATOR simulation game?!
That is AWESOME!
Where's Mario? A great simulator about being a plummer! Wait, what do you mean plummers don't usually fight mutated turtles and rescue princesses? :D
There was also a VERY old puzzle game which name eludes me at the moment, where you controlled a hotel bellboy and had to push crates/luggage around floors in order move to the next stage... it's gonna drive me crazy that I cannot remember the title, but it was pretty fun, considering the game has been published in the previous century :)
I don't remember it being a hotel bellboy, but are you talking about Sokoban?
@SmallGreenPlanetoid: Thank you, that is the game I was thinking about and, judging from the graphics that popped out on Google you're right - it's about some sort of construction worker, apparently... could've sworn it was a bellboy for some reason; I recall in my version the player character being red and while my memory painted me a different picture, Sokoban sure seems like the title I was thinking when I wrote my first comment ^^'
There are many, many, versions of Sokoban that use all kinds of themes to explain what you are pushing around and why. The original was crates in a warehouse but anything you can have an excuse to say "you can push but not pull," works.
Yeah the one I'm familiar with was a warehouse.
Thanks you for the wonderful quality programming. Please make more like it!
Next you should do a list of games that let us live out our dreams! XD I have a few suggestions if you do:
- Style Savvy: live out your dream of being a fashion designer/make-up artist/boutique owner/hair stylist
- Animal Crossing Happy Home Academy: live out your dream of being an interior (and exterior) designer
- Imagine Teacher, or really any of the Imagine games: Live out your dream of being an elementary school teacher/whatever
- Trauma Center: Live out your dream of being a doctor
So so
P.S. KIDDING, THE VIDEO WAS GREAT
Lol That quick jab at W.H. Press Officer was hilarious. I'm pretty sure that's a job that has become more stressful than being an air traffic controller.
Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.
William Shie so glad someone else remembered this
I’m addicted to the house flipping game. They’ve added yard care and pets to the game so there’s more to do and animals to play with. So many relaxing hours sunk into it. Also, to add to this list, we now have lawn mower simulator and pressure washing simulator. I think they both came out after this video.
The Sudan. Hmmm...
As someone who was a trucker in real life and hated every moment of it, the one that gets me is the sudden rise in popularity of truck driving sims.
So Jane likes pineapples on pizza?! Heathen! You truly are the greatest evil!
Ooh Jane and I have something in common, could be the only thing. It’s mushrooms I can’t stand. A lot of Pineapple haters are fine with mushrooms, WTF (Well That’s Funny)
Well, I also like Pizza Hawaii and I don't like mushrooms. I am okay with the taste but they feel gross.
Y'all should try banana as a topping on your pizza
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt thought clam toppings on Pizza is wrong, sounds about right to me 🤣
I'll take shrooms over bananas, pineapples or clams any day of the week :v
"How you never knew what Chandler did in friends"
Uuh, he was being *hilarious* ? Know your material
test subject in Aperture Science?
Any game from zachtronics. Specifically Shenzhen I/O though. I didnt realize how close that game was til i got to my Microprocessor System Design class and had to do some of the exact same things.
Well at least you are not in the video game mines *looks frighteningly towards jane*
At least it's better than the broccoli mines....
Mar Hawkman amen to that.
Pizza Tycoon was the basis for a later game called Fast Food Tycoon (released in 2000), which had a sequel, Fast Food Tycoon 2 (released in 2001). I played the crap out of those games growing up, and I still pull out Fast Food Tycoon 2 every now and then.
Already calling it: viscera cleanup detail Edit: it's a joke
The thumbnail gave that away
You won't believe this, but here in the Philippines we actually have a song about a guy falling in love with pizza because of a box of it coming from outer space. It's titled "Picha Pie" by Parokya no Edgar (The Diocese of Edgar), to the tune of "I Will Survive". Look it up. It's a real thing.
I honestly thought this must be some sort of obscure reference to Alex Bale... then I actually watched the music video. It's pretty good - reminds me of Weird Al Yankovic :)
Pineaple on a pizza is a crime and you know it.
Only if there's no Canadian bacon to go with it.
@Samur/Aye Crimes against Humanity.
Slew One Actually, a proper Hawaiian pizza would probably have Spam. Mmmm, canned meat byproducts...
Slew One Hawaiian pizza is supposedly named after the brand of pineapple used when the first ones were made and sold.
*reports Vaas's heresy to Cthulhu"
Played a few of these as a kid. They’re good for teaching business and budgeting.
Mike in the first 10 seconds is just brilliant I love it best intro so far
I play these games so I can fantasize about not having mental illnesses preventing me from gainful employment.
That may just be the saddest thing I have ever written.
Hey Outside Xtra,
I find your videos about games with pretty interesting topics that some of us don't notice, very funny and entertaining. I want to request you guys to make a video for the following topic if possible:
Times where the boss cannot be beaten no matter what we do (even if we cheat)!!
I am still going through your videos, so I am not sure if you already have it. Another one I would like to request is Games where the final boss was the most easiest of them all, compared to the previous bosses.
Job simulator VR! Who would have thought working in an office could be so fun!
I know it wasn't the main goal of the game but I always found it funny that in My Summer Car your three options for making extra money are delivering firewood, bootlegging alcohol, or pumping people's sewage (which is the most common job)
On the other hand, I can fully believe and accept the sheer amount of games about farming. From a relaxing romp on a small farm enjoying village life to hectic acres of ever smaller profits forcing you to plant whatever the government is subsidizing just to stay afloat, farming has quite a few simulators.
Reminds me of a Demitri Martin joke:
"I want to make a game about a hospital where you take care of people hurt in other games . . . 'What are you playing?' . . . 'Really busy hospital.'"
Fun fact: meteorites (pizza based or otherwise) are actually often cold when they hit the ground as re-entry burns off the outer layers while the core is still frozen from the cold of space
Dustforce DX for aspiring parkour janitors, Neo Cab the chill total opposite of Crazy Taxi, Battle Chef Brigade whose name speaks for itself, and brand-new KING simulator Yes Your Grace are my recommendations.
There are also LOTS of games about farming, mining, and being a tycoon of some weirdly specific business.
Hey, house flipper is fantastic. It's almost theraputic, especially when you clean stuff up... seriously, you need to add that game to your list of satisfying noises that make you want to collect all the things.
I played a game years ago where you were just some scientist working in a lab somewhere. It started with this unskippable commuting section, then you had to clock in and put on your work clothes. That's about when I got bored and stopped playing. It was called Half Life.
I absolutely love Car Mechanic Simulator. It has great music and extremely detailed cars. I have like 100 hours mileage across 3 installments.
Was happy to see house flipper on there. They just released an expansion DLC that lets you do the gardens now too.
I've seen this a half-dozen times... How did I miss the "White House Press Secretary" dig in the intro?
That just brought the ENTIRE video to next-level!! 💜
Ahh, pizza tycoon - the memories! What a classic.
4:59 In the USA, 'pot plant' has a different meaning...
I didn't know those games existed....Ahh that's why I watch outside xbox I love you guys .😊
I have three more games for that list "Paperboy" "Papers Please" and "Animal Crossing New Leaf", where you play as a mailman, a deportation office desk worker and a figure head mayor thanks to having the worlds best secretary Isabelle.
Pizza Tycoon is the best managing game of all times. The mafia part is incredible.
You guys should do something along the lines of "7 times death wasnt quite so permanent"; featuring things like wolfenstein 2 (beheaded) mass effect 2 (blown up, suffocated, dropped onto a planet from space) etc etc
Car Mechanic Simulator, PC Building Simulator, Farming Simulator, Garden Simulator, Train Simulator, Construction Simulator, (Euro/American) Truck Simulator, Papers Please, Shenzhen/IO, Game Dev Tycoon (including it's brilliant trolling of copyright infringers!) and I'll also count Thief Simulator