We Pitched Offensive Video Games To Strangers

Video Game Pitching Contest

Two teams present deliberately provocative, absurd video-game concepts to a group of potential investors. Guests raise their hands to indicate whether they would fund each pitch, and the team with fewer investors faces a punishment.

World of Crime

The first pitch, World of Crime, begins with a shooter mission in which players must identify a target in a crowd. The confusing gameplay becomes a running joke as players repeatedly accuse the wrong people, while guests call out the game’s racist implications.

Other concepts include searching a neighborhood for an abandoned baby’s father, unplugging children’s hospital equipment while dressed as Iron Man, finding a girlfriend in Thailand, and a fictionalized attack on the Capitol on January 6. Guests question the pitches’ taste and quality. One creator says the baby mission was inspired by a childhood experience.

The team tries several more concepts, including:

• A DoorDash-style driving mission with a protest blocking the route
• A playable scan of Joe’s house, which prompts teasing about its contents and questions about flags on the wall
• A trolley-problem game in which players debate which character to save

Life Sports

Life Sports presents a series of intentionally crude competitive-sports concepts. These include dodgeball against stereotyped opponents, a border-defense game, a manure-throwing contest, a factory-work challenge, and an animal-themed balance course. Guests suggest changes, often making the pitches even more outrageous, while one guest struggles to keep from laughing.

Later concepts turn everyday or disturbing scenarios into arcade challenges, including fighting off a wave of children, a drive-by shooting game, photographing children at a playground, and a “Women’s Olympics” based on chores such as washing dishes, folding laundry, and vacuuming.

The team also pitches a candy-based kidnapping relay and a plane-flying course that veers into an attack on the World Trade Center. The latter receives a more serious response, with some guests saying it crosses a line.

Vote and Punishment

Life Sports wins the final vote, receiving more investor hands. The losing team must perform awkward scripted videos: Joe delivers an embarrassing “bad boyfriend” message, and another participant attempts to film a needy, kiss-seeking audition with an unwilling stranger. The video ends with a subscription appeal.

People Appearing

The participants include JD, Joe, Justin, Makane (whose name is transcribed inconsistently as “McCain”), Tony, Brandon, and other team members. Named guests include Sarah, Christine, Mary, Salvador, Jeffrey, Louis, and Alexandra.