Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work.
"You have been chosen as a volunteer for the 'Egg Squeeze' exam—a test that evaluates one'sfor a short period of time. The objective is to estimate the egg's unique breaking point and release your graspThus reads the letter at the beginning of
, a game where you hold the mouse button to squeeze an egg and release the mouse button to stop squeezing it. That's all you do. Squeeze an egg and stop squeezing that egg.The longer you squeeze, the further along the hidden meter you score, racking up points. Unless you squeezelong and the egg breaks, in which case you lose points. How do you know how long to squeeze for? You don't, unless… you do? If you have, you'll know just when to stop squeezing for the maximum multiplier.
There's more to it, naturally. Each squeeze is accompanied by a bit of music, nearly 50 tracks in all, and there's plenty of other distractions on the screen, especially if you squeeze for too long too many times and begin to lose your"eggsanity." You can earn multipliers by putting together streaks where you don't break any eggs, though that can be tough when you literally have no idea how long it will take until any given egg breaks.
I suspect it's completely random. And yet… I can't deny that there were stretches of Egg Squeeze where I racked up long streaks of success by simply vibing. Bywith the eggs. Is it all in my head? Am I succumbing to eggsanity? I don't know. But for now I'm gonna keep squeezing.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
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