The Work Sim

This is something I've wanted for such a long time now. I actually first thought of it when I was deployed on the USS Enterprise, during those long nights spent browsing the net, trying not to break the firewall rules. (Which I wound up doing, in a very blatant way...)

The game would take place in a spreadsheet or other work-like interface. Maybe you could customize it to look like the programs you use at work (via many screenshots, and button-mapping.) Basically, you'd be doing the same boring things you'd do at work, but you'd get points, based on, like, how many words you typed, or how many reports you filled out and printed. It would keep random little stats, like words typed per day. Or hours spent outside the game during "working hours".

Obviously you wouldn't want to come home to play this game after a long day at the office. You run it on the work computers, and then you can have fun at work, and it looks like you're actually getting something done. You might actually BE getting something done if you load in your own work programs.

At the end of each day, it adds up your points and if you have enough you can spend them on skills and upgrades at a "store" in the game. You might be able to buy point mulitpliers, or new system interfaces. Or buttons that automate some of your repetitive tasks (the "fill in the name" button, or "insert to e-mail, send to mailing list, and print" button.)