Journalism
The journalist-work parody: write text, plagiarize, go yellow, hire unpaid interns. Listing only.
by unknown · 2015 · Web (defunct, listing survives)
Journalism is a mid-2010s idle parody of the journalist's life: write text, plagiarize, graduate to yellow journalism, profit off fans you cultivate through unpaid internships. The Almost Idle listing (53.66% rating, 348 plays, Development Status: Abandoned) is all that survives: the live page carries no play button, the ext-redirector loops back to itself, and 2015-era Wayback snapshots of the page also contain nothing playable. The game appears lost.
What it was
A JavaScript idle parodying the newsroom grind: text in, fans out, money from writing, satire throughout. One 150x86 aggregator thumbnail survives, and the entry pads the gallery with nothing because there is nothing to pad it with.
The verdict
A lost-media entry with a documented rationale: dead redirector, empty archive, no external host to recover. The listing outlived the game it catalogued.
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