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New Scientist recommends the 'surprisingly emotional' Game of Sisyphus

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

By Martin Davies

18 September 2024

Screengrab The Game of Sisyphus

The Game of Sisyphus

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As a humorous comment on the gamification of daily life, it is hard to beat this tweet from 2021: “I think Sisyphus would be much happier if they had a big number at the top of the mountain that incremented with each successful rock push, and also if they let him spend those points on fun stickers for the rock.”

So, naturally, I have been playing The Game of Sisyphus. Based on the Greek myth of a king punished by the gods to do an eternal task, plus Albert Camus’s essay The Myth of…

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