An Interview With: the Guy Who Demos Games for Instagram Ads
We sat down with him to figure out what the heck his whole deal is.
Have You Heard This: So…what the hell is up?
The Guy Who Demos Games for Instagram Ads: Chillin. You?
HYHT: No, you know what I mean. What’s up with you and these games?
TGWDGfIA: It’s a pretty sweet gig, right? Companies send me their games to test. I screen record as I play, and they use it for their ads on IG. Full-time gig. Totally remote. Health benefits. 401K.
HYHT: You have health insurance?
TGWDGfIA: Hell yeah, brother. The job is technically SAG for some reason, so I’m Union, baby.
HYHT: I…I was not prepared for this information…this is a full-time job for you?
TGWDGfIA: I will say it once again, because it’s kind of my catch phrase: hell yeah, brother. There are so many games to demo. There’s Clash of Clans, Clan Vs. Clan, Clan Against Clan, Zombie Clan, Who’s the Clan?, Clan of the House, Clan With a Plan, Clan Vs. Food, Clan Theft Auto, Clan Bash, Clan Warfare, Clan Wars, Clan Warriors, World Clan War II, Clan Warz…
HYHT: I think you said that one already.
TGWDGfIA: Warz with a Z.
HYHT: I should have known.
TGWDGfIA: Clan Rally…
HYHT: Okay, I get it. There are a lot of games. I have to ask this — you’re playing these games badly on purpose, right?
TGWDGfIA: I beg your pardon.
HYHT: Your job is to be very bad at these games in order to frustrate people to make them want to play the game themselves so they don’t make the same stupid mistakes that you do in some kind of weird psychological manipulation in which the person watching the ad knows they are being manipulated but still feels a pull to play the game as some way to prove they are better than you. Right?
TGWDGfIA: I take offense at that accusation. I’m playing the games to the best of my ability.
HYHT: That’s actually way worse than the psychological manipulataion theory.
TGWDGfIA: I don’t know, is it?
he says this like a little stinker would
HYHT: Are you…being a little stinker right now?
he tilts his head and puts his finger up to his mouth, like a little stinker would
TGWDGfIA: I don’t know, am I?
HYHT: Okay, so this is also some kind of psychological manipulation tactic then.
TGWDGfIA: Is that a question?
HYHT: WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO SHOOT THE HOARDS OF ONCOMING ZOMBIES WITH ONE GUY WHEN YOU CAN GO TO THE LEFT AND PLUS 5 GUYS OVER AND OVER TO GROW AN ARMY TO FIGHT THE ZOMBIES?
TGWDGfIA: Would that be better? You should play the game and try that.
HYHT: Okay, we’re done here.
TGWDGfIA: Klan Warz. With a K and a Z.
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