Free Game of the Day - Karoshi: Suicide Salaryman

<b>The Game: </b> Karoshi: Suicide Salaryman<br/><br/><b>Genre: </b> Morbid Platformer<br/><br/><b>Platform: </b> Browser (Flash)<br/><br/><img src="http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/122/1223590/karinline_1335222508.jpg" /><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><b>The Scoop: </b> In Karoshi: Suicide Salaryman gamers play as a generic office worker. The goal of each stage? Find a way to kill yourself.<br/><br/>Karoshi gets a lot of attention for it's suicide-centric premise, but that premise is really just an excuse to create puzzles that aren't really that different than those found in most platform puzzlers. Instead of opening a route to the exit, you're opening a route to a pit of spikes to throw yourself in. Fun! This means you'll be pushing and pulling blocks to activate switches, making sure you're in the right position when activating a switch, figuring out how to reach specific levers, etc.<br/><br/>The kill-yourself theme leads to some amusing moments for longtime gamers, as videogame conventions are flipped on their head. During the game's final bossfight, hearts are thrown at the player. When collecting one, the player actually gains a life, meaning they now have to be hit by the boss one more time in order to "win."<br/><br/><center><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/462774" target="_blank">Play Karoshi: Suicide Salaryman on Newgrounds!</a></center></b><br/><br/><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dDUyenV0aGJwVnVHazI0TG5jdm14QXc6MQ" width="460" height="320" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Loading...</iframe><br/><br/><i>Free Game of the Day is a column that spotlights a new 100%-free game, every day. Not demos, or shareware, or "freemium" games. Just pure, free gaming goodness. It's that simple! Interested in previous Free Game of the Day posts? <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ign.com/wikis/free-games/Free_Game_of_the_Day" target="_blank">Check the archive</a>, or follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/ignfreegames/" target="_blank">@IGNFreeGames</a> on Twitter!</i><br/><br/><br><br/><br/>&#169;2012-04-23, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved