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The Tedium and You is an experimental first-person boredom simulator. Getting points is easy: just walk back and forth across a boring hallway. But that likely won't hold your interest. Explore the facility instead to find that the more you see, the less you know.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: Noah Kuhn
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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