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“You Make Me Sick” game review
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
“You Make Me Sick” is the kind of game I wish I had known about when I was taking biology my sophomore
year of high school. It’s fun, exciting and educational — a triple threat!
“You Make Me Sick,” from Filament Games, teaches you about bacteria and viruses and how they are spread.
Unlike most games that use this concept (and you strive to not get your host infected), the goal of this game is
to get your host severely sick! The sicker your host is, the better your score. If it isn’t already obvious, this is the
most exhilarating aspect of the game!
When you begin the game, you are given a host and a
small bio with blurbs about their health, eating and
normal everyday habits. You may get a male who is a
slob, eats everything and wears a hygienic mask or a
female who is healthy, unorganized and has not had any
vaccinations. From these types of hosts, your challenge is
to customize a virus or bacteria that will infect your host
despite their strengths and in spite of their weaknesses.
Choosing either
virus or bacteria
stems many other Photo courtesy of Filament Games.
options that will
help you spread
your disease. On top of creating your own unique virus or bacteria, you
get the ability to personalize your experience by naming your virus!
From this point, you are taken to the host’s house, where you are to find
the most ideal spot to infect them. If you have thought it through well
enough, without much effort or time, your host will become infected.
Depending on what kind of virus or bacteria you created, you will face a
Photo courtesy of Filament series of obstacles that determine your final score.
Games.
When you complete the game you will receive your very own certificate of
host infection. If you are like me and proud of successfully infecting
someone, you can print it out and post it on your wall to show all your friends. Hopefully, they will not with
respond with “You make me sick!” — Heidi Abdul
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