I, like most self-employed people across the UK, am currently procrastinating from filling out my tax return. At the time of writing, I’ve still got the best part of a month to complete it, but I’ll inevitably leave it to the last few days as usual. In the meantime, I’ll still be procrastinating, and it looks like video game characters share the same sentiment.
I’m specifically talking about Baba, the titular character of indie puzzle game Baba Is You. If you haven’t played it, you should change that as soon as possible, as the clever wordplay puzzles are a completely unique mechanic I’ve not seen before or since. Baba Files Taxes is nowhere near as difficult, complicated, or innovative, but it’s a compelling way to while away the hours as your tax bill looms ever nearer.
Having conquered the fiendishly hard puzzles of Baba Is You, poor Baba is now stuck doing their tax return. Maybe it’s because they can’t just say ‘Baba Is Correct Tax Payment’, or maybe it’s because the government makes these things needlessly complicated and frustratingly abstruse, seemingly in order to scam more money out of hardworking Babas. Who’s to say?
So, Baba hires you. All you have to do is read a few terms and conditions, answer a few questions, and sign in the boxes. Easy, right? Wrong. It turns out that forgery is really bloody hard. The question and answer…
