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{{quote|"''In a democratic society like our own, how does [[The Government|an elected government]] keep its popularity? How are [[Government Conspiracy|scandals averted, subversive elements controlled, undesirables eliminated, and incidents covered up]]? Just how does the government keep in power?''"}}
Published in 1992 by Virgin Interactive, Floor 13 is an odd but unique strategy game about [[Industrialized Evil|the banality of evil]]. The game is set in Great Britain, where the player is promoted to the Director General of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to replace the last DG who suffered a fatal case of [[Destination Defenestration|defenestration]].
Of course, the Department is merely a front to the player's actual task - to keep the Prime Minister and the Government popular while avoiding drawing too much attention. The player is presented with a variety of cases ranging from defecting politicians to secret societies. At the player's disposal are tools such as [[State Sec|search teams, assassins and heavy assault squads]]. Failure to keep the Government popular will result in the player being fired, while being "too loud" will result in a certain Mr Garcia defenestrating the player like their precedessor.
To further complicate the game, the player is a member of a secret society as well, and has the option of completing their missions along with their usual duties in the department.
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* [[Torture Always Works]]: Procedure Two torture is often effective, but even it takes a few days to extract the answers from the victim. The body-snatched factory owner, though, goes into "a drug-induced cataleptic state" when interrogated.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: In order to progress in the game, the player has to order smear campaigns, assassinations, abductions and torture.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: The Prime Minister - until approval ratings fall to so much as 49% on even one target date,
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