qwop

qwop is one of the best games I’ve played on any platform recently.

It’s a game in which the aim is to run 100m over flat terrain. After playing it for probably an hour or so a day for the last couple weeks, my best score has been 46.2m.

It’s challenging, but not in a way that feels cheap, it’s always entirely your own fault when you mess it up. It’s funny, frustrating in a way that just fuels my need to complete it and filled with subtle metaphor. The controls are simple and taking your first few steps is not too hard once you read the help. Then there is the near infinite scope for gradual improvements and refinements of technique.

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