What would you do if you were the last human left working at a nightmarish future-version of an Amazon warehouse?
There can’t be many of us left who’ve never ordered a package from Amazon, despite increasing awareness of the human cost behind that convenience. Upcoming game The Last Worker, the first from developer Oiffy, is a dark comedic take on the horror and absurdity of the online-retail “fulfilment centre”. In an age where we just accept corporate billionaires raking in obscene profit at the expense of an underpaid workforce as a sad fact of life, this game might be the chance we need to find the humour in it all.
The Last Worker is a story seen through the eyes of its protagonist, Kurt, set in a world where automation has reached dystopian heights. Kurt is the last human employee working in an otherwise fully automated fulfilment centre for Jüngle, an online retailer which totally isn’t up to anything sinister. His job is to get packaged orders ready for shipping and he’s never made a mistake in 25 years of service, which is the only reason he hasn’t been replaced with a robot. He takes some pride in his work, but when he becomes the reluctant recruit of an anti-Jüngle activist group, might he be pressured into stealthily sabotaging the company?
The Last Worker will be out later this year on PC, Switch, Xbox, PS5 and Oculus Quest.
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Originally posted in the guardian.
