Highly recommended for anyone with any interest in assembly programming. The game assumes a degree of familiarity or interest, so don't expect to come into the game with no programming knowledge and walk out as an assembly pro. It could help sharpen your tools, but you need that toolset going in. There's enough here to get you started but you may need to supplement the manual if you have no idea at all how a processor works. Thankfully we live in an age where that sort of information is readily available to anyone who is inclined to look for it. If that sounds like a unique form of torture to you, it may not be the game for you.

The UX of the game also deserves a special mention. From launching the program to physically thumbing through the manual to checking emails to completing assignments to wasting time playing Chinese Solitaire, it really makes you feel like an expat wage slave in the Pearl River Delta of the future. I haven't lived in Shenzhen in 2026, but the characters in the game really match up with similar experiences in other nearby parts of the world. It's great. 10/10

Highly recommended for anyone with any interest in assembly programming. The game assumes a degree of familiarity or interest, so don't expect to come into the game with no programming knowledge and walk out as an assembly pro. It could help sharpen your tools, but you need that toolset going in. There's enough here to get you started but you may need to supplement the manual if you have no idea at all how a processor works. Thankfully we live in an age where that sort of information is readily available to anyone who is inclined to look for it. If that sounds like a unique form of torture to you, it may not be the game for you. The UX of the game also deserves a special mention. From launching the program to physically thumbing through the manual to checking emails to completing assignments to wasting time playing Chinese Solitaire, it really makes you feel like an expat wage slave in the Pearl River Delta of the future. I haven't lived in Shenzhen in 2026, but the characters in the game really match up with similar experiences in other nearby parts of the world. It's great. 10/10