Work Time Fun
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Work Time Fun
| image = PSP-WorkTimeFun-USVersion-FrontCover.jpg
| developer = Sony Computer Entertainment
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Sony Computer Entertainment|NA|D3 Publisher}}
| designer =
| engine =
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 22, 2005|NA|September 26, 2006{{cite web |author=IGN PlayStation Team |date=September 1, 2006 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/02/the-psp-games-of-fall-2006 |title=The PSP Games of Fall 2006 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204061602/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/02/the-psp-games-of-fall-2006 |archivedate=February 4, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}}}
| genre = Action
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = PlayStation Portable
}}
Work Time Fun, known in Japan as {{Nihongo foot|Baito Hell 2000|バイトヘル2000|Baito Heru Nisen|group=lower-alpha|extra="Baito" being short for Arubaito, a Japanese loanword for "part-time job"|lead=yes}}, is a minigame compilation video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. The English title is a play on the slang "WTF", short for 'What The Fuck?', indicating distressing confusion. It was released in Japan on December 22, 2005, and in North America on September 26, 2006 by D3 Publisher. On October 2, 2008, it became available for download from the PlayStation Store.
The game's humor is derived from its satirical take on temporary or part-time employment. Players are paid a pittance for repetitive, menial tasks, with the only way to unlock more varied jobs being to grind through the boring ones. There is also an in-game email system, through which players can receive emails from fellow employees, award notices, and even spam offers which can decrease the player's funds.
Gameplay
The game contains over forty minigames, representing inane part-time jobs the player receives from the "Job Demon", which must be completed in a certain amount of time and at a certain difficulty, depending on the level. Examples include counting chickens (sorting newborn chicks into male, female, or angels), chopping wood (while trying not to chop cute cartoon animals that sometimes get put on the chopping block), putting caps on pens in a factory, karate, and other humorously repetitive minigames. By completing these minigames, the player earns money which can be used at a gachapon machine to randomly receive a new minigame, prizes for the gallery, or even a gadget that the player can use on the PSP outside of the game, such as a clock.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 63/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/wtf-work-time-fun/ |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250129032851/https://www.metacritic.com/game/wtf-work-time-fun/ |archivedate=January 29, 2025 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| EGM = 5.33/10{{cite magazine |last1=Boyer |first1=Crispin |last2=Bhatt |first2=Shivam |last3=Chu |first3=Karen |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/75/EGM_US_209.pdf |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=209 |date=November 2006 |page=134 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528004332/https://retrocdn.net/images/7/75/EGM_US_209.pdf |archivedate=May 28, 2024 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}{{efn|Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 5.5/10, 4/10, and 6.5/10.}}
| GI = 7/10{{cite magazine |last=Bertz |first=Matt |url=https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-163-november-2006/page/144/mode/2up |title=WTF [Work Time Fun] |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=163 |date=November 2006 |page=144 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730210636/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200611/R06.1026.1655.47554.htm |archivedate=July 30, 2009 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| GSpot = 8/10{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=October 30, 2006 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/work-time-fun-review/1900-6160711/ |title=Work Time Fun Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330192357/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/work-time-fun-review/1900-6160711/ |archivedate=March 30, 2016 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Stratton |first=Bryan |date=November 2, 2006 |url=http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/bh-2000/743701p1.html |title=GameSpy: WTF: Work Time Fun |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629182410/http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/bh-2000/743701p1.html |archivedate=June 29, 2007 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| HCG = 1/5{{cite magazine |last=Venter |first=Jason "HonestGamer" |url=https://archive.org/details/hardcore-gamer-magazine-v2i6/page/n35/mode/2up |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |magazine=Hardcore Gamer |publisher=Prima Games |volume=2 |issue=6 |date=December 2006 |page=71 |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| OPM = 4/10{{cite magazine |last=Scott |first=Ryan |url=https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-111-december-2006/page/n135/mode/2up |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=111 |date=December 2006 |page=136 |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
| PSM = 5/10{{cite magazine |last=Joynt |first=Patrick |url=https://archive.org/details/psm-issue-118-holiday-2006/page/n117/mode/2up |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |magazine=PSM |publisher=Future US |issue=118 |date=Christmas 2006 |page=84 |accessdate=January 29, 2025}}
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one eight, one seven, and one six, for a total of 28 out of 40. GamePro said, "You'll laugh out loud in your time spent with Work Time Fun. You'll even become thoroughly immersed in what you're playing, despite its ridiculousness, and for thirty bucks, this is a game you should definitely consider adding to your PSP collection."{{cite magazine |author=OMGWTFBBQ |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/84253.shtml |title=WTF: Work Time Fun |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=219 |date=December 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204180249/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/84253.shtml |archivedate=February 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=May 18, 2016}}{{efn|GamePro gave the game two 3/5 scores for graphics and sound, 4/5 for control, and 3.75/5 for fun factor.}}
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