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Play This Lo-Fi Video Game To Experience The Decrepit NYC Subway System
Play This Lo-Fi Video Game To Experience The Decrepit NYC Subway System-April 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:37

The New York City subway system is a mess, and now instead of reading about why that is, you can play a very simple game and experience it yourself. It’s called “MTA Country,” and it’s hell. It’s tongue-in-cheek solution, revealed once you win the game, isn’t any better.

Those familiar with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s safety ad campaign are probably familiar with the video game’s main character, Gregg needs to get to work, and so he’s joined by his pals Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio—close friends —to help navigate the subway to arrive on time.

It’s not that easy. Like the endless delays, track problems and signal malfunctions that plague New Yorkers on a daily basis, the trio has to jump their subway car over fires and broken down trains. (Key point here: use your space bar.)

I died at least a dozen times in my effort to collect coins and letters on the track, the latter eventually spelling out the word “privatize” (ugh). And that’s the catch: once you collect P-R-I-V-A-T-I-Z-E, the system transforms into a brand new, super fast, .

That’s somewhat of a joke, the game’s co-creator .

The game was created by Everydayarcade, a creative collective of advertising professionals who make hot-button video games in their spare time. The hyperloop at the end is kind of a joke but also kind of not a joke, said co-creator Chris Baker.

“We didn’t want to hit anyone over the head with the liberatarianism,” he said. “We wanted it to be a funny joke that does have some merit.”

Another co-founder of the game, Mike Lacher, at least conceded to The Verge .

I asked Lacher whether he’d prefer to ride a hyperloop, a non-existent technology first conceived by Elon Musk, rather than the subway. “In theory, sure!” he said. “A superfast, brand-new hyperloop would be a lot better than a vomit-caked C train with no air conditioning. Sadly, a one-mile test track under LA doesn’t do us a lot of good. I guess you could say the best thing about the NYC subway is that at least it exists.”

Anyway, at least on your day back after a long holiday weekend.

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