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The game is set in a tidy, minimalist English village whose inhabitants are the perfect foils for the game's goose. What started as a joke sparked by a stock image of a goose in a company’s internal communications gave birth to this satirical masterpiece about a goose and its shenanigans, often malevolent. Geese have a nasty reputation for being annoying and quarrelsome birds. Yakuza betrays its own serious tone and consequently draws in a wide variety of serious and casual players. The catch for Yakuza is its masterfully crafted storyline with stellar character design, which is then contrasted with over the top bombastic gameplay with fluid combat and comedic side quests (sometimes involving chickens managing real estate!), which are often out of character about the Japanese Mafia.

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This, combined with the humour of The House of the Dead series with its iconic voice acting and parodying cliche horror stories, makes it one of the most iconic satire games. So now, the core gameplay loop involved typing your enemies to death with hammering keystrokes. They decided to replace the light guns with - keyboards. The Typing of the Deadīack in the 90s, with light gun rail shooter games being all the rage, with titles like Virtua Cop and Dead Space gaining a lot of traction and prominence in the genre, SEGA decided to make a parody of their House of the Dead series, called The Typing of the Dead.

Whatever the case may be, we can all recall games that had us doubling over our controllers, paralysed with laughter.

Some games take this up a notch, with their main focus being satirical and parody elements. The narrative, the mechanics, and sometimes just the organic delight of playing against friends all contribute to the hilarity. From over the top story-writing to cheeky easter eggs, developers have always incorporated humour in their games using any tools at their disposal. Video games have long been a source of amusement.