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52. Yuppie Psycho (16.5 points)
Nominated by: Ihatethiscpu (1/5 remaining)

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Importance: 2
Fear: 6
Snake: 8.5

Yuppie Psycho is a game with many faces. It's a game packaged in a bright, anime slice-of-life vibe, only to have the graphics be pixel art with an atmosphere best described as "corporate gray". The game balances two realms of horror on a blurred edge, one, the horrors of the business world, and two, the Silent Hill-esque nightmares that take place in the building. Clearly influenced by American Psycho, the game's corporate caricatures are blatant parodies of the cubical realm. There's yourself of course, Brian Pasternack, the stereotypical newbie on his first day at a big job. Then, you have characters like Mr. Chapman, the distillation of every character in the AP business card scene, Mr. Hugo, the all-too-eager first day guide, Ms. Sosa, a caffeine-addled, frizz-haired maniac, and in general, droning employees buzzing around without purpose or direction, all with dead, soulless eyes. Yuppie Psycho makes it clear that this supposedly "normal" world is just as horrific as as the dark secrets you find hidden just below the surface of these office walls. A lot of that corporate atmosphere even carries over to the horror parts of the game, and there's a creepy mundanity to the horror here, such as Brian's blank reactions to dead corpses or the use of photocopiers as save points. Yuppie Psycho is super tight in its messages and presentation, and can charm just as much as it scares. Some of its best secrets are best uncovered for yourself, and this is a game 100% worth your time.
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I try in vain to slumber, my reveries gripped by violent terror. My only salvation, the shock of awakening. Something is very, very wrong here.