POSTED AT 9:31 PM September 7, 2009

Upgrade Complete: game whose objective is to upgrade the game

Upgrade Complete is an hilarious Flash-game where the objective is to complete all the upgrades needed to play the game. I haven't had this much fun since I spent three days downloading a 50GB World of Warcraft "upgrade" that made the game stop running! Better even than spending a week patching Black and White! A wonderful homage to games like Achievement Unlocked.

Upgrade Complete (via Kottke)

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Secret_Life_of_Plants | September 7, 2009 11:20 PM | Reply

This is a very bad post for people playing "The Game".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_%28mind_game%29

Pantograph | September 7, 2009 11:58 PM | Reply

It is now you pointed it out to them.

Secret_Life_of_Plants | September 8, 2009 12:42 AM | Reply

:-)

Sir Greg | September 8, 2009 2:36 AM | Reply

I played it the other day...
Quite short (1-1.5 hrs) but a real lot of fun!

Nasty | September 8, 2009 4:39 AM | Reply

I love going to this game while I wait for EVE Online to come back up from daily maintenance.

oddible | September 8, 2009 7:26 AM | Reply

Fact check @Cory, there has never been a 50GB WoW patch. The game doesn't take up anywhere near that space on disk.

Ed Frome | September 8, 2009 8:21 AM | Reply

@ #1: Thanks a bunch; I just lost =op

NoahApples | September 8, 2009 9:52 AM | Reply

Easily my favorite of the game-trope-parody games, though I could have done without the snarky soapbox statement you get for the secret bonus ending.

Anonymous | September 8, 2009 1:57 PM | Reply

Thanks for posting our game! Visit ArmorGames.com to support the developer so we can continue making great games!!

http://armorgames.com/play/3955/upgrade-complete

-Armor Games Team

Anonymous | September 19, 2009 8:10 PM | Reply

its an awesome game for me...
IMO though...

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