Who'd Be The Worst Boss?
I've had my fair share of crappy bosses over the years: that manager from Disneyland was an utter killjoy who seemed determined not to let us cast members have any fun at all, almost every supervisor in my retail gigs needed to learn how to actually communicate, there was that time that the IT manager at my college threw a stapler across the room during one of his tantrums, and don't even get me started on that Fruit Brute (man, what a jerk!). But, come to think of it, I've never really had it that bad.
Now, blogger Elle Dee must've been wondering what life would be llike if certain video game boss's had been... well, real life bosses instead of monstrous enemies to defeat at a level's end. The hypothetical scenarios are actually pretty hysterical, as demonstrated with the idea of Carmen Sandiego running an office:
Carmen Sandiego: Carmen was our firm's international business developer, but she was never in the office. Rather than tell us exactly where she was or how to get in touch with her, she would always leave cutesy clues to her whereabouts on my desk. Sometimes they were fun, like the pinata and the bottle of tequila, and sometimes they were a bit more disturbing, like the quinine and the internal rape deterrence device. I could almost never contact her directly, but had to track down one of her shady associates and work through them. Fortunately, they were fairly easy to find as they always had some distinguishing characteristic, like a facial scar or a neck tattoo. While she was a blast to work with, Carmen, tragically, is now awaiting federal sentencing on money laundering charges in some global art theft scheme. In the meantime, I've been charged with keeping her fedora warm.
Instead of bouncing off Dr. Robotnik's head, I guess we'd just have to settle for peeing in his coffee.
What if Video Game Bosses were your Real Bosses? [thisisby.us]
[via Kotaku]
Boy of Tomorrow
Posted to on 26 February 2007
· Comments (5)
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Wario as a boss would be funny.
Best thing I've read all day. Thanks!Sephiroth's had me in mad giggling fits!
I think that bastard Frog from Blaster Master would suck. PAUSE!!!!
I think that bastard Frog from Blaster Master would suck. PAUSE!!!!
Woah! Baba Yaga refrence out of nowhere!