Time to gamble?
These games suit you!
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Just dive in and hide reality? Works great with video games! But which game offers which character a virtual home? Let’s let the cat out of the bag.
The Eliminator
Come on, I’ll take care of that now!
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: Even as a toddler you bullied your parents with well-aimed spinach cannonades. You tamed the barking neighbor’s dog with a milk tooth bite in the ear. Today your family runs for cover when it’s your turn to do housework. Because you practice the Marie Kondo method: throw everything you don’t love in a heap and eliminate in one fell swoop. Because you basically achieve your goal, your boss would like to promote you. But you only work without a team. After all, Achievement is a single player mode.
MOTTO: Ambush and drink tea.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Netflix and chill for one.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: “Hit me baby one more time”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: Play trains social skills, is creative, sociable – and really not for you. In first person shooters like “Call of Duty” or “Battlefield V” you load your gun and start shooting. Go then!
The Olympian
No pain, no gain
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: You’re still wondering why your parents didn’t name you Steffi. When the other children rattled on the front doors in the twilight – for fear of missing the sandman – you kept chasing hedgehogs across the lawn with your tennis stick or hockey stick. In the office today you celebrate successes with your now legendary hurdles over the desks. Where a lame handshake is enough for others, you give a high five with tasty treats – also for the pastor after church and your tax consultant.
MOTTO: First will be first, damn it!
ROMANTIC SIDE: Smooching in the locker room.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: “You neheeeeveeeeer waaaaalk alohoooonne”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: In sports games like “Fifa 21” or “Ultimate Rivals: The Rink” you can sweep the digital pimps from the opposing team off the field as they deserve.
The strategist
Have something prepared
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: You had already planned your retirement provision by the time you were 14. While others downed shots in their youth, you increased the value of your portfolio with your team of young brokers in the stock market game. Today, your colleagues don’t make any decisions without first asking you for advice. Even your boss calls in sick to be on the safe side when you’re not around.
MOTTO: Those who do not honor Excel are not worthy of success.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Leave the controls of the model railway to your great love
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: “You gotta fight for your right to bureaucracy”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: In strategy games for PC and consoles like “Anno 1800” or “Civilization VI” you achieve what the human resources department simply won’t give you credit for: world domination.
The warhorse
Ah, back then
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: What are we going to wear today: black, black or rather another dark? In any case, you can see from your closet that you prefer a medieval market to any outlet mall. For this, your children don’t call you “Mama” but reverently “Khaleesi”. When you retire to the garage at the weekend, to polish your mail, it’s dead quiet in the house. Who dares disturb the mother of dragons during her me-time?
MOTTO: Create, create, build castles.
ROMANTIC SIDE: A jug of mead and a little dance to the shawm.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: “Harry Potter – live in concert”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: Everything was better in the old days: you were allowed to wear armor at work and the police didn’t look askance at you because of the self-forged ax in the trunk. That’s why you go where the Middle Ages are as fantastic as you imagine: in fantasy role-playing games like “The Witcher” or “World of Warcraft”.
The explorer
That’s adventurous!
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: You always found it inspiring to break new ground, especially as a small child – much to the chagrin of your parents, who had to look for you for hours after every visit to the weekly market or a walk in the woods. Then, when you were 16, you were banned from Interrail because you overplayed the ticket. Thanks to your urge to discover, you can be yourself find your way easily in unclear terrain: Even in foreign XXL supermarkets you will find the air-dried tomatoes straight away.
MOTTO: All roads lead somewhere.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Fold maps together over red wine.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: Air Berlin’s old song on hold: “Planes in your stomach, kerosene in your blood”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: One world is not enough for you. In open-world games like “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” or “Assassin’s Creed” you expand your multiple horizons.
The point collector
What an opportunity
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: No, you won’t become a nerd anymore. You always swipe in the wrong direction on your smartphone. If you call the IT department about a computer problem, they will put you directly on hold. You have the nickname “Lord Helmchen” because you keep confusing “Star Wars” and “Star Trek”. You still win at movie karaoke: Who else knows all the dialogues from “Bridget Jones 1-3” by heart
MOTTO: Angry Birds make crap too.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Sudoku, plus coffee with icing on the cake.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: The best of the 80’s, 90’s and today’s hits.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: If you play, then at the bus stop: Your downtimes are casual games like “Candy Crush” or “Alto’s Odyssey”. To avoid smearing your screen, use a small plastic stylus pen. So handy!
The caretaker
Everything under control
THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS: As a teenager you always cleaned up after your parents. Meanwhile, the neighbors were queuing up to oblige you to water the flowers, feed the rabbits or take care of the children. If you didn’t have time, children/bunnies/flowers shed bitter tears. Although you have to take care of the country house, bonsai garden, three dogs and a pony today, you don’t miss a party: cleaning up afterwards finally gives you the opportunity Bringing the system into other people’s kitchens.
MOTTO: Well-groomed trees do grow into the sky.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Lay out outfits for the family first thing in the morning. And for the dogs.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: The theme song of “Einsatz in 4 Wanden”.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: Because there is nothing to readjust in your life, you lack challenges. Look for new ones in life simulations like “The Sims 4” or “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”.
The Legionnaire
Brushed on riot
THIS IS WHAT YOU LOOK: At the Saturday night swim you Let Barbies compete against each other in a death match in the bathtub, your parents only found so average cute. However, they never intervened – probably out of concern that you might file the cats’ claws sharp again. Today your kids’ football coach gets sweaty hands when he sees you standing on the sidelines. The kids win every time you intervene in the lineup. But untangling the little ones after the final whistle is just tedious.
MOTTO: All good opponents come in threes. At least.
ROMANTIC SIDE: Holding hands while playing paintball.
SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE: Something classic – the triumphal march “Entrance of the Gladiators” by the composer Julius Fuík.
SUITABLE PARALLEL WORLD: When you really need to unwind, you snuggle up on the sofa, put your feet up and kill your fellow players’ avatars in multiplayer fighting games like “Dota” and “Fortnite”.