If anyone was to describe this game to me, I wouldn't play it because I am horrified by the idea of torture. I actually couldn't get past a mandatory torture scene in GTA V for a while until I figured out that I could turn off the volume and press "a" a bunch until it was over. But I really enjoy this. The fact that the torture is presented as a powerlessness of the torturer with the absurd context and the disclaimer of saying "through the magic of game-design" turns this into something different for me. This is like watching a child sword-fight the air while vocalizing transparent metaphors for an encounter they were recently frustrated with. While I think all of us can agree that torturing anyone is a horrendous act, this presentation of the torture as some form of mental theatre is expressive of a stage of maturing into civility. The sound effects express this well by sounding like they are made quietly as if to not attract the attention of anyone else in the house. It's such a sincere expression of powerlessness, frustration, and restraint. I like it a lot.

Not a fan of the torture, but thanks for making it relatively easy to deal with since it's contextualised like clyde said, and presented in a somewhat silly way. But yeah, that old guy sure sounds like a jerk.