Let’s get to work
With the month ofUnpackingconcluded and itsrude boyfriendsymbolically vanquished, I’ve been put in charge of choosing the nextRPS Game Clubgame. And seeing how about 40% of what I write about is related to theSteam Deck, I thought it’d be nice if we took a break from that and chatted about something completely - ahaha no, just kidding it’s totally gonna beAperture Desk Job.
APortalprequel without the portals, Aperture Desk Job is a “playable short” that casts you as an entirely desk-bound testing lackey in a functional, if still largely awful, Aperture Science. On your first shift, a toilet breaks, setting off a chain reaction of hijinks that ends up cutting surprisingly deep into the existing Portal mythos. You even get a pre-Wheatley personality sphere as your line manager, played brilliantly by comedian Nate Bargatze.
Also, you don’t actually need a Steam Deck to play. Aperture Desk Job handles just fine on a regular controller, and since it’s completely free and only takes about half an hour to see to the end, I’d say that’s a pretty good recipe for a Game Club game. You can grab it onSteamif you haven’t already.
On our end, we’ll be spending August writing some special articles on Aperture Desk Job, before reconvening – along with you, hopefully! – for a free-flowing liveblog chat at the end of the month. Don’t go anywhere… seriously, don’t go anywhere. Leaving the desk is forbidden during testing hours.
