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Strategy satire Heretic’s Fork is about keeping lost souls in HellAnd here’s a demo(n)
And here’s a demo(n)
Image credit:Ravenage Games
Image credit:Ravenage Games
Since joining the good ship RPS I’ve had to readjust to the daily reality of a corporate inbox, overflowing with internal Reedpop messages about Best Practices, expense claim guidance and other fiendish gambits designed to keep me from the holy labour of finding new games and telling you about them. On absent-mindedly firing up one such new game this morning,Heretic’s Fork, there was a terrible moment when I thought Reedpop had outsourced its middle management to Pandemonium.
Heretic’s Fork - Redemption Date Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Heretic’s Fork - Redemption Date Reveal Trailer
One thing I was left curious about was the name. I’ve now looked it up, and I wish I hadn’t. Originally, a “heretic’s fork” was a medieval inquisitorial torture device consisting of a collar with sharp prongs pointing upward into the wearer’s chin, and downward into their sternum. The result being that you can’t lower your head or speak without piercing yourself. I suspect there’s some kind of office ergonomics parallel at work here, but I really don’t want to think about it too hard. While I’ve got you, here’s our list of thebest management games.
